Residential Counsellor - group home (Disability Services Practioner)
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Shift, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening
Salary: $18.00 to $20.00 Hourly for 50 hours per week, Other Benefits, Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Group Insurance Benefits, Pension Plan Benefits
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Calgary North East, Alberta (4 vacancies )
Skill Requirements:
Education: Some college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training, Completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Child and Youth Care Worker (CCW/CYW) Diploma, Social Service Worker (SSW) Diploma, Community Support Worker (CSW) Diploma, Human Services Diploma, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate, Medication Administration Certificate, First Aid Certificate
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work Setting: Group home
Target Groups or Clients: Male, Female, Street population, Persons with intellectual disabilities, Persons with mental health disabilities
Type of Community or Social Service: Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders), Programs dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Specific Skills: Assess client\'s relevant skill strengths and development needs, Provide suicide and crisis intervention, Resolve conflict situations, Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses, Implement behaviour management programs, Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
Security and Safety: Criminal record check
Transportation/Travel Information: Own transportation
Work Location Information: Work in employer\'s/client\'s home, Urban area
Essential Skills: Communication, Working with others, Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking
Languages: English
Employer: Community Living Alternative Services
By Mail: 112 28 St.SE, suite 110 Calgary, Alberta T2A 6J9
Advertised until: 2014/06/01

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