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Community Living Service Delivery (CLSD), Crisis and Respite Services works with individuals experiencing intellectual disabilities to ensure their physical, emotional, and social needs are met with goal of supporting their independence, living arrangements, and lifestyle as independent as possible.
Respite workers focus on creating positive, engaging experiences and are accountable to the individuals receiving services. We are seeking caring and empathetic individual(s) who welcome challenges, are proactive, love to learn, embrace change, have a strong work ethic, and enjoy variety in their work while making positive meaningful changes in peoples lives. We care about and believe in people. Joining our team means we share a passion for cultivating strong relationships by building trust and delivering quality client-centered services through collaboration, creativity, support, and independence.
This appointment is located at the Southwood Home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Respite offers emergent and planned respite services. The purpose of respite is to maintain the health and well-being of the individual, their care provider and/or family by providing temporary support.
Typically, the knowledge required for this position will be gained through experience on the job. However, previous experience working with individuals experiencing intellectual disabilities and/or completion of a Special Care Aide Program would be considered a definite asset. This position may be exposed to the risk of violent situations.
This position is a shift work position; the successful candidate will operate a vehicle supplied by the Ministry.
Please note, due to the nature of the position employees may be exposed to the risk of violent (behavioural) situations in which PART training reinforces safety concerns and assists in precautionary measures.