Developmental Services Worker (Rft 1.0 Fte)

As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education

• Provides person-directed supports and services that respect and promote self-determination for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
• Conducts oneself in an ethical, competent and accountable manner in all professional relationships.
• Provides for the safety of people with developmental disabilities, self and others in compliance with all applicable legislation, regulations and stands of practice.
• Employs and adapts formal and informal strategies to support the learning of people with developmental disabilities.
• Assesses and reports daily on persons with developmental disabilities: reporting on progress of care plan interventions.
• Supports Life Skills Training including vocational
• Provides consistent, supportive interactions and activities to clients, in keeping with evidence based behavioural plans
• Develops a rapport while providing supports.
• Collaborates as part of multidisciplinary teams in all aspects of the service provision
• Works in accordance with the mission, vision, values, goals, policies and procedures of the workplace.
• Communicates using electronic, oral, written and nonverbal formats which meet the requirements specific to the individual and the workplace.
• Reports all alleged, suspected or witnessed incidents of abuse in accordance with legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
• Applies strategies for innovative and creative problem solving in the provision of support.
• Develops professional and personal plans that enhance job performance and well-being.
• Provides opportunities to exercise self-sufficiency and self-determination
• Collaborates with individuals, their families, social networks and significant others
• Supports the person to implement his/her person-directed plan, while including his/her network and minimize barriers to the achievement of personal goals.
• Provides opportunities to participate in a variety of experiences with consideration of their faith, culture, language and cognitive level.
• Facilitates informed decision making.
• Uses a variety of strategies to help the individual to build, support and maintain reciprocal relationships.
• Conducts regular environmental safety scans, including scans to identify risk factors related to all forms of abuse and initiate required action in accordance with legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
• Responds to an individual in crisis, according to the person directed plan and workplace protocols and seek assistance as appropriate.
• Reports and documents all accidents, emergencies and serious occurrences while adhering to legislations and workplace policies and procedures.
• Respects the rights, dignity and privacy of the person while providing health support.
• Provides health care within the limits of the role, explain the structure, functions and interdependency of body systems and provide personal care and hygiene. (in hospital settings, no personal care or hygiene provided in the community)
• Notes changes in health status, record and report concerns to nursing staff.
• Supports persons to participate in a healthy and active lifestyle.
• Participates in the implementation of the positive behavioural support plan.
• Provide on-call services on a rotational basis, available for weekends and evenings on a rotational basis
• Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
• Ensure a work environment that is conducive to The Royals Anti-Racism, Harassment and Discrimination Free policy.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of OSSD and Developmental Service Worker diploma.
• Minimum of two years of experience in a hospital or community setting with persons with developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities and mental illness.
• Demonstrated experience providing vocational support to clients considered an asset
• CPI/TCI, Mental Health First Aid and Quality Assurance Measures training preferred.
• CPR certification or recertification within the last 12 months
• Access to an reliable vehicle and valid G driver’s license for day to day operations
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a professional multi-disciplinary treatment team
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills
• English level A- is mandatory in oral expression/comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression. Bilingual (French/English) is considered an asset.

• All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
• The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
• The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.