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Temporary Full Time Developmental Worker, works days/nights/evenings to start immediately.
The role of Developmental Worker is to care for children with diverse
physical and mental needs. A Developmental Worker
assists in the delivery of programming to meet the
growth and developmental needs of children with complex medical needs.
Qualifications, Skills & Abilities
Completion of (at least) one of the following:
1. Education Assistant Program
2. Rehabilitation Worker Program
3. Recreational Therapist Program
4. Kinesiology Degree- Adaptive Physical Activity
5. ECE Certificate
Or possess relevant and applicable education with
special needs (minimum 1 year experience)
-Possess the ability to handle physically
demanding and challenging tasks
-Demonstration of strong interpersonal and public
relation skills
-Strong written and verbal communication skills;
excellent organizational skills
-Demonstration of basic technology use
-Sense of professionalism, leadership, awareness
and appreciation of diversity
-Expresses a concern for health, safety and the
environmental surroundings
-Ability to work as a team player and
accountability in independent decision making
-Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with
different behavioral physical disorders
-Physical ability to maneuver equipment required
by children (lifts, wheelchairs, standing frames.
etc)
-Physical ability to perform and safely work with
objects or persons of varying sized
-Preference will be shown to those with the
following:
-Ventilator experience/training
-Mandt System training
-Transfer, lifting, and reposition training
-Sign Language training
-Learning Language and Loving it Training
Grade 12 and students welcome. Experience with
diverse needs is a must.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Oral communication
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Additional Skills
- Sign language
- Housekeeping activities
Specific Skills
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Resolve conflict situations
- Implement behaviour management programs
- Provide personal services support to persons with special needs
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
Work Setting
- Children's services facility
Ability to Supervise
- 3-4 people
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child welfare check
Target Groups or Clients
- Children
- Persons who are deaf/hard of hearing
- Persons who are blind/visually impaired
- Persons with intellectual disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with learning disabilities