Community Disability Outreach Worker; Casual

Overview

Community Disability Outreach Worker (Casual) position in Red Deer with Catholic Social Services. This role provides high quality supports to adults with developmental disabilities living in the community, promoting dignity, independence and empowerment.

As a Community Disability Outreach Worker in the Home Support Program, you will provide high quality supports to adults with developmental disabilities who live in the community.

Motivated, compassionate and organized, you will assist with daily living activities and social events, support persons with developmental disabilities, support mental health challenges and implement programs tailored to individual needs. The successful candidate will be creative, energetic and possess a calm personality to work with individuals with complex needs. You will be willing to engage in various community activities with a focus on recreation.

The selected candidate must be able to drive and have flexibility in hours based on the needs of the individual and program. Knowledge of community activities, seizure disorder and ability to help a young lady maneuver herself with a walker are assets.

Please note, as our programs operate 24 hours per day, shift work is required and will include weekends.

• Minimum Grade 12 education. A Diploma/Degree in Disability Services, Social Work or Human Services (or equivalent) is considered an asset
• Minimum 6 months experience working with persons with developmental disabilities
• Knowledge of community events considered an asset
• Valid Emergency First Aid/CPR
• Vulnerable Sector Check from local RCMP or city police detachment
• Child Intervention Record Check
• Clear and Current Drivers 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
• Proof of Vehicle Registration for insured vehicle

• The compensation for this position is $19.30 to $20.48 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.
• Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.

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 65 years of service delivery experience, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with nearly 2000 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering over 100 different programs to people in need throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

• 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.

We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Catholic Social Services is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce. In an effort to enrich our agency and reflect the communities we serve, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all diverse groups and backgrounds.