Direct Care Worker: Live-In Treatment Program

Direct Care Worker (Live-In Treatment)

Reporting to:

Live-In Treatment Supervisor

Summary:

Under the leadership of a Live-In Treatment Supervisor, supervise a group of up to eight youth with identified mental health issues and behavioral difficulties in a live-in treatment setting, ensuring their physical, emotional and mental well-being by maintaining a safe environment, developing supportive professional relationships, building on client strengths, promoting growth through teaching and modeling new and/or more effective adaptive skills.

Competencies:

• Adaptability - adapts and responds to changing conditions, priorities, technologies and requirements including intense and stressful situations

• Client-focused - provides superior service to clients including youth and their caregivers

• Communication - expresses and transmits information verbally and in writing with consistency and clarity, dealing pleasantly and effectively with a wide range of people of different ages, ethnicities and cultures in potentially emotionally charged situations

• Cultural Sensitivity - promotes an inclusive environment

• Problem Solving - able to analyze situations, identify key issues, develop and implement practical solutions in complex situations and mitigate safety concerns using the available tools and information to support decisions and solutions

• Professionalism - demonstrates professional standards of conduct

• Outcomes Oriented - able to focus on desired outcomes using a solution-focused approach

• Teamwork - works cooperatively and effectively with others and participates actively in group activities fostering a team environment

• Flexibility; able to respond appropriately to changing working conditions and scheduling

Job Duties:

• Create and maintain a normalized living environment that is safe and secure
• Provide consistent structure with reasonable expectations

• Respect and protect the rights of clients, including privacy, dignity, independence, autonomy and self- determination and the choice and practice of individual values, beliefs, religion, and cultural practices.
• Maintain appropriate personal boundaries

• Maintain professional appearance, demeanor, and attitude at all times

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• Model and encourage the development of adaptive skills including anger management, conflict resolution and problem-solving

• Encourage open communication, listen, encourage, nurture and validate feelings
• Support the implementation of service plans and report progress
• Implement safety plans and de-escalate and contain serious maladaptive behavior to ensure all clients and staff are safe and to limit destruction of property using Understanding and Managing Aggressive

Behavior techniques

• Act as an advocate for youth as necessary

• Dispense medications following proper procedure and reporting requirements

• Support clients and the teacher in the residentially based classroom

• Participate in recreation, craft and social activities which may involve transporting clients

• Record information using logs books, write reports, track petty cash expenditures
• Maintain professional appearance, demeanour, and attitude at all times
• Report any known or suspected incidents of abuse to the proper authorities
• Work cooperatively with collateral agencies
• Perform household duties including grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, minor repairs, decorating with and for clients

• Attend and participate in team meetings, in-service trainings, and professional development opportunities

• Participate in supervision as well as annual performance reviews

Job Requirements:

• At a minimum, a diploma in a Child and Youth Care, Social Service or Human Services Worker program from a provincially recognized college or an equivalent as determined by the agency using the

OCSWSSW Registered Social Service Worker equivalents.

• Related experience and ability to work with children, youth and their families/caregivers
• Clear police check and vulnerable sector screening
• Valid Class G driver's license with a clean driving abstract

• Valid UMAB, CPR and First Aid Certification

Working Conditions:

• Work hours and schedules set by the Supervisor and as described in the Collective Agreement including days, afternoons, nights, weekends, and statutory holidays
• Perform work in various program settings including the live-in treatment setting, agency vehicle, classroom, or in the community.

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• Duties are frequently conducted outdoors during all seasons.
• Use an agency credit card, retaining and submitting receipts
• Drive agency vehicle as necessary
• Maintain certifications in UMAB and Standard First Aid/CPR
• Intermittent physical activity including walking, standing, sitting, lifting, and supporting clients

The above job description reflects the major aspects of the job and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements inherent in the job. All positions may be assigned other job-related duties as required from time to time.

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Job Type: Part-time

Salary: From $23.29 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Minden Hills Twp, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person