Contract Full Time Community Disability Worker I

**_Are you looking for an inviting and exciting career opportunity where you'll be enhancing the life of somebody in your community? Put your passion for working within the community towards a rewarding opportunity with Catholic Social Services_**

**_Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a month-to-month contract, full time (40 hours/week) overnight awake Community Disability Worker I in Red Deer._**

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Edmonton and Central Alberta.

**Our values are at the core of everything we do**
- **Humility**: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- **Compassion**: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- **Respect**: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

**Job Summary**:
As a Community Disability Worker, you will provide high quality supports to adults with developmental disabilities who live in the community.

Motivated, compassionate and organized, you will enthusiastically assist by providing outreach supports to adults with developmental disabilities living independently or semi-independently in the community. Supports are provided by professional staff to assist individuals in developing and enhancing their life skills based on their own personal goals, abilities, and desires. Open to learning new things, you will teach independent living skills, provide companionship, support behavioral challenges, provide personal care, and implement programs tailored to individual needs. You will be required to accompany individuals on outings and engage in activities supporting their interests as well as their well-being. You are self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable working both independently and part of a service team. You have great relationship building skills and are proficient with computers.

Your ability to be flexible is necessary. Days/evenings/weekends are part of the requirement for this position.

**Education & Qualifications**:

- Grade 12 education (education in Human Services is considered an asset)
- A minimum 1 year working with persons with developmental disabilities will be considered an asset
- Vulnerable Sector Check from local RCMP or City Police detachment
- Child Intervention Record Check
- Clear and current driver's abstract
- A vehicle and valid class 5 driver's license - requirement to transport clients in your personal vehicle
- Proof of vehicle insurance showing $2 million liability coverage
- Standard First Aid Certification is considered an asset

**What We Offer**:

- The compensation for this position is **$17.71 to $18.79** per hour based on qualifications and experience.
- Flexible benefit options when eligible.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
- We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith._