Direct Support Worker – Supported Group Living

Are you a creative and caring person who wants to use your skills to make a difference in the lives of people with developmental disabilities and your community? This is your opportunity to launch, grow, or reimagine your career as a Direct Support Professional with Community Living Huntsville!

Our passionate team is dedicated to advancing inclusion for people who live with developmental disabilities in North Muskoka. As a Direct Support Professional, you will support people in personal care, activities of daily living, relationship building, and empowerment in their homes, and as active members of their community.

And while you are making a difference in people’s lives, we will work hard to make a difference in yours with competitive pay, employer-paid benefits, ongoing training and professional development opportunities, a robust employee and family assistance program, positive and collaborative team environment, and opportunities for career advancement.

Your Role

• Grow an understanding of the people you support, provide ideas and recommendations to support the development of their Person-Directed Plans, and help them implement their plans
• Assist people with personal care and activities of daily living, as necessary, in a way that respects their choices, abilities, and dignity, and facilitates their daily, weekly, and monthly rhythms and routines
• Support people to build independence and relationships both at home and in their community, and connect with community resources
• Encourage and support people’s community participation based on their goals, support them to overcome barriers in the community, and advocate alongside them to promote a more inclusive community
• Support the health, safety, and medical needs of the people you support

Our Offer

• Competitive pay
• Opportunities for additional hours
• Employer-paid benefits, vacation, and sick time
• Ongoing training and Professional development opportunities
• Robust employee and family assistance program
• Rewarding work in a positive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for career advancement

Your Qualifications

• Knowledge about and commitment to disability rights, the principles of inclusion, and the Community Living Movement
• 1-year post-secondary education in the Human Services field (DSW preferred)
• Strong communication skills
• Physical ability to support people, some with limited mobility, in all aspects of daily living and in different settings
• Tolerance of, and ability to handle, a heavy workload and competing demands
• Ability to use and learn new technology (computers, software programs, phones, printer/scanners, alarm/security systems, etc.)
• Current First Aid/CPR certification, or willingness to obtain
• Valid driver’s license, acceptable driver’s abstract and reliable transportation to be used in course of employment
• Ability to obtain a clear Vulnerable Sector Check
• Free of communicable diseases
• Ability, availability, and commitment to work a variety of shifts, including evenings, overnights, and weekends

Hours of Work

• Part Time hours are based on regularly being scheduled not less than twenty-four (24) hours per week and up to thirty-three (33) hours per week, averaged over a two-week pay period.
• This position will regularly be scheduled shifts that include shifts that include days, evenings and weekends
• Depending on the location(s) and support requirements, the worker is able to work additional hours when necessary, including emergencies, illness or vacation time.

Rate of Pay:

$25.64 – $26.36

This rate includes the $3 per hour Wage Enhancement.

If you have most, but not all, of the qualifications listed above and you believe that you would be the ideal candidate for this position, please write to us and tell us why you feel your skills and abilities would make you a great fit for this position.

Apply today to join us as a Direct Support Professional so you can use your skills, make an impact, and spark social change!

Community Living Huntsville is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. Applications from all qualified candidates are welcome. Applications are strongly encouraged from people with disabilities, racialized people, Indigenous people, and people from the LGBTQ2+ community. If you need any form of accommodation in the application process, or require this job posting in another format, please contact Sharon at careers@clhuntsville.ca or 705-783-1816.