Residential Support Worker- Mental Health and Addictions

**Job Title: Residential Support Worker
- mental health and addictions (including client support, life skill coaching, meal preparation, and housekeeping duties)**

**Location**:West End Edmonton

**Hours**:Various day/ evening/ night, part-time shift rotations available on a bi-weekly basis.

**Salary**:Commensurate with experience.

**Estimated Start date**: June 16, 2025

**Are you interested in contributing your skills to a diverse clientele with complex health and social challenges?**

**If yes, Crystal Care Group (CCG) needs you**

**CCG is a social enterprise whose focus is to provide supportive living services and care solutions to vulnerable adults and older adults, with complex needs, chronic health challenges, and experiencing mental health challenges and addictions.**

**In your role as a residential support worker, you will have the opportunity to show off your passion for serving others and supporting the organization execute its mandate, goals, and special projects.**

**Primary responsibilities**
- We are looking for a reliable and experienced residential support worker with strong housekeeping skills. Meal preparation skills are an asset for this position. We prefer someone with previous experience and a positive attitude.
- Provide support and care to residents according to their individualized support/ care plans.
- Provide emotional and behavioral support to clients with a range of mental health and addiction challenges
- Provide support to adults clients of all ages in their daily living routines in various community settings
- Facilitate wellness and recreational activities to support the wellbeing of a diverse clientele in various community settings
- Connect residents to needed medical and social services as needed
- Execute tasks aligned with company’s policies and procedures
- May be assigned other duties as required

**Minimum qualifications and skills**
- Community support worker or health care aide certification or equivalent is an asset.
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of the technical details important to the functioning of supportive housing programs
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with vulnerable adults and of diverse background (required)
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with individuals at risk/ experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, addictions, chronic illnesses, or trauma (required)
- Strong leadership, supervisory, and team work skills preferred
- Competence working with computers/ Electronic Management Records
- First Aid/ CPR C (required)
- Medication certificate/ training (required)
- Non-violent crisis intervention training (required)
- Knowledge of trauma-informed practice
- Knowledge of harm reduction and recovery-oriented care
- Knowledge of Mental Health First Aid
- Knowledge of WHIMIS
- Knowledge of Food Safety Basics
- Knowledge of Indigenous cultural diversity and Canadian multicultural context, LGBTQ2S competent
- Knowledge of community resources
- Clear police check for the vulnerable sector (required)
- Recent negative TB test and updated immunizations preferred
- Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle (required)

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: $18.00-$20.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- Do you have a valid police check for the vulnerable sector?

**Experience**:

- community support work: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- First aid and cpr level C certification (required)

Work Location: In person