Job Details • Business Name: Individual Pursuits Program Ltd.
• Business Address: 408 Craigflower Rd Victoria BC Canada
• Title: Community Support worker/Home support worker (NOC: 4412)
• Terms of Employment: Permanent, full-time (32-40 hr/week)
• Wage: Between $21.63 to $23.90 per hour
• Positions Available: 1
• Work Locations: 400 Craigflower Rd Victoria BC V9A-2V6
• Language of work: English

General
Ensures the well-being of clients and provide support to adults in care in the day program and/or group home and promotes their development. A key component of this job is to assist clients in their physical, social, emotional and daily life skills development. This increases their independence and allows them to function appropriately in the community.

The Worker strives to create a fun and enjoyable atmosphere in order to encourage client participation in programs.

The ideal candidate be responsible for:
1. Aids clients in their own homes/program and in the community to allow them to function more safely and independently. Facilitates physical, recreational, social and educational activities. Provides clients with a positive role model.
2. Recognizes potential emergency situations, analyzes situations accurately, develops strategies to deal with such situations i.e. dispensing medication, dealing with client’s aggressive behaviour to ensure no harm comes to the client, staff and/or the public.
3. Monitors clients’ well-being. Assists clients with daily life skills and/or behaviour management training. Assists clients with basic cooking, etc. Assists clients in attending appointments when necessary and may provide transportation.
4. Provides emotional support and feedback to clients (and their families and friends where concerned).
5. Acts as a positive role model for clients, providing life skills training and behaviour management. Depending on client type, may assist with hygiene, grooming, dispensing and administering medication.
6. Maintains written and/or verbal reports regarding clients’ daily activities and progress. Ensures that all required documentation is complete and accurate.
7. Collects and disposes of refuse and maintains clean refuse areas; dusts, wipes and polishes windows, bathroom and other fixtures and furniture; performs other spot and accidental cleaning as required. Changes and makes beds, keeps an inventory of linens.
8. Cleans rooms within organization’s buildings or residences: washes walls; scrubs, cleans and vacuums floors; dusts furniture; cleans mirrors and windows.
9. Develops a breakfast, lunch and dinner menu designed to meet the needs of the clients, ensuring that meals are nutritious and satisfying. May plan and prepare special diets or special events meals in consultation with the organization’s program staff.
10. Takes active part in the preparation of various meals. Prepares and cooks complete meals, snacks, etc. with safe food handling and preparation, safety, and health standards.
11. Purchases and orders food items necessary for the preparation of meals. Ensures purchases are within approved budget limits and ensures that inventories of food and other related items are maintained. As well, is responsible for analyzing the meal preparatory needs of the organization and purchasing the appropriate equipment to meet those needs, referring larger purchases to a Program Coordinator or manager.
12. Assists clients with personal hygiene and grooming i.e. bathing, oral hygiene, and toileting.
13. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of internal fire regulations and procedures, and other emergency procedures. Ensures health and safety standards are maintained.
14. Assures that all medication is administered.
15. Performs other related duties as required.

Mandatory Qualifications:
• Completion of secondary school
• Valid First-aid with CPR-A certificate (within 3 years of cert)
• Criminal Records Check (required within 6 months / internal last 5 years)
• CSW course or equivalent or two+ years field-related experience
• Current certification in non-violent crisis intervention (CPI, Mandt or Siva)
• Copy of TB test result

Contact information/how to apply:
Email resume to: IPhiring2021@gmail.com