Job Order Detail

Description

Southwest Homes, in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, is hiring a Part Time Direct Support Professionals for our Adult Group Home. We are looking for kind, capable people who want to help build a community where all people are valued and treated with respect, dignity, choice, and independence.

Southwest Homes supports and empowers people living with intellectual and/or physical disabilities to achieve their goals and be valued members of the community. The work involves assisting participants in a residential and/or community program settings with planning, leisure activities, community engagement, and also helping with administrative support. Team members working in residential program settings also assist participants with personal care.

We offer:

Continuous paid training and learning opportunities

Positive, person-centered work environment

Benefits & Pension package for eligible employees

Employee Assistant Program

Unionized workplace

Requirements:

Able to build and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with program participants, and other team members

Strong teamwork skills, and excellent communication

Valid First Aid/CPR certification, or willingness to complete within 6 months

Must have a valid Class 5 Saskatchewan Driver's License/Novice 2

Submission of a clear Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check is required upon hiring

Able to stand for several hours, bend, kneel, and lift up to 50lbs

Hours:

4 p.m. to 9 p.m. two to three times a week

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every other Sunday

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.51-$19.34 per hour

Expected hours: 15  27 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress
Dental care
Employee assistance program
Extended health care
Paid time off
Vision care
Supplemental pay types:

Overtime pay
Work Location: In person