Description du poste
Sapphire Care is currently seeking a qualified personal support worker. This is a front-line position responsible for the provision of trauma-informed care and support to a client living in their own home.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
* Health Care Aide (HCA)
* Disability Support Worker (DSW)
* Personal Support Worker
* Social Worker
**Required skills:**
* Formal Education: Some postsecondary education.
* Ability to write and complete documentation and reporting.
* Proficient knowledge of English.
* First Aid and CPR training.
* Ability to perform compassionate and trauma-informed support to individuals with disabilities.
**Preferred Experience/Training:**
* A minimum of 6 months' experience in providing support to adults with mental, behavioral, or developmental disabilities/challenges.
* Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) or Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI)
* Medication Administration training
* Other relevant specializations and training
**Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities:**
* Availability to work weekends and overnight shifts.
* Ability to confidently provide frontline, face-to-face support to individuals with varying diagnoses.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Basic computer skills.
* Strong time management and organizational skills.
* Must be able to identify issues, set priorities, and implement an appropriate plan of action.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively.
**Other Required Items:**
* Must have a reliable car with personal liability insurance with a minimum coverage of two million ($2,000,000.00) and SEF44 Protection Endorsement
* A successful candidate will need to provide a current police security clearance.
**To Apply:** Send your resume to sapphirecareltd@gmail.com. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in working with Sapphire Care.
Job Types: Permanent, Part-time
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
* On-site parking
* Paid time off
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Lethbridge, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
* Secondary School (preferred)
Language:
* English (required)
Work Location: In person