Housing Support Worker - Mat Leave Term

Position Summary:

The Housing Support Worker supports and facilitates the daily activities of residents related to each individual’s recovery plan.

Qualifications:

• Education/Certification:
  • Post-secondary education related to health care or human services preferred
  • Current 1st Aide Certification required
• Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
  • Ability to be flexible to meet different shift schedules as required
  • Ability to respond to immediate resident issues while maintaining work on long term goals
  • Ability to provide a functional assessment of observed behavior
  • Thorough knowledge of life skills and ability to teach same

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements the residential recovery plan:
  • Assists residents to work toward clearly set goals and help make decisions based on the resident’s values (i.e. teaching and supporting the practice of activities of daily living)
• Organizes and facilitates psycho-social education in individual and group settings:
  • Encouraging the practice of appropriate coping strategies
• Organizes, facilitates and assists in the performance of routine household tasks:
  • Encourages participation of all residents in household routines
  • Facilitates skill acquisition as it relates to resident participation in carrying out household tasks

*See Human Resources for full Job Description

Apply To:

Human Resources

edenhr@edenhealth.mb.ca