About the Job: Adult Living Support Worker
Join our team supporting adults with behavioral and developmental diverse abilities in a home setting. You’ll help implement care and behavioral plans, promote independence, and build meaningful community connections.

• Collaborate with clients, caregivers, and professionals to set and achieve personal goals
• Provide personal care, health support, and medication administration
• Plan and prepare nutritious meals based on individual dietary needs
• Lead daily living tasks—housekeeping, shopping, laundry, yard work, and basic repairs
• Support community outings, medical appointments, and social visits
• Teach life skills, relationship building, and self-advocacy
• Manage household finances and maintain clear documentation
• Identify and respond to risks, ensuring safety for all

Benefits

• Competitive wage range - $27.54-$31.61 /hr.
• Extended health, dental, vision, and more
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Vacation starting from 3 weeks per year
• 1 day per month paid sick time
• Stat Holiday Bank accrued at 5%, to be used on unworked stat days
• Regular wage increases with hours worked
• Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
• Community involvement and well-being activities
• Fully paid training and professional development opportunities

What You Bring

• Diploma in Human or Social Services or other related field
• 1-year recent experience with individuals with moderate to severe behavioural and developmental diverse abilities
• Or a combination of education, training, and experience.

Your unique qualities

• Work with individuals facing behavioral and developmental challenges, including Autism.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with clients, families, and the care team.
• Handle challenging behaviors and crises with calm, appropriate responses.
• Support life skills development using a strengths-based approach.
• Plan and implement client goals, schedules, and strategies.
• Work independently and collaborate effectively with the team.
• Solve problems, follow procedures, and take initiative.
• Maintain the home (cooking, cleaning, shopping, budgeting).
• Prepare healthy, nutritious meals.

Other Musts

• Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s License
• Safe Driving Record & Reliable Vehicle
• TB Test (clear of tuberculosis)
• Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search
• Unionized position with a 1.85% union dues deduction
• Physical abilities to provide individuals with personal care and recreational activities indoors and outdoors. Including supporting individuals in wheelchairs and walkers, carrying, lifting, transferring, pushing, pulling, bending, assisting clients safely in and out of bed and bath, and using lifts and other health equipment appropriately.
• The following training is required and provided to the successful candidate free of charge. Existing certifications are an asset: First Aid, Mandt, SafeTalk, Medication Management, Privacy and Information Sharing, Safe Food Handling, Anti-Bullying, and Harassment.

PROGRAM: River House Supported Living Program
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Part-Time
HOURS of WORK: 28.07 hours per week on average
SCHEDULE: 4 days on-4 days off rotation, 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM Awake Overnight Shift
REPORTS TO: River House Program Coordinator
COMPENSATION: $27.54-$31.61 per hour (Grid 11 as per collective agreement)
CLOSING DATE: Open until a suitable candidate is found