Group Care Support Staff

at  Chimo Youth Retreat Centre

TSIL TRANSITION HOMES GROUP CARE SUPPORT STAFF

TSIL Transition Homes is a group care program that aims to support young people learn the skills to live full and complete lives in our community. The young people living in Transition Homes have status with the Alberta government through Children’s Services. The TSIL program prepares young people to return to living with their families or to transition to adult living situations and adult services (i.e. Persons with Developmental Disabilities).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Successful candidates will be physically able to:

• Climb stairs repeatedly during the day
• Help with household tasks, including regular housework (washing floors, cleaning washrooms, etc.), meal prep, cooking, driving youth to appointments
• Help with yard work (mowing lawns, raking leaves, shoveling snow)
• You must be able and prepared to physically interact with youth in inside and outside recreation activities

Successful candidates will:

• demonstrate care and compassion for young people
• possess a strong understanding of working with young people and adults who live with challenges in a variety of areas, including developmental disabilities, mental health, attachment, addictions and barriers to accessing community resources.
• strong teamwork and communication skills.
• proficiency with computers and writing reports/logs.

A current (within 6 months) police or RCMP criminal record check and Alberta Child Intervention Record Check are required upon hire. Ability to be added to Chimo’s fleet insurance will also be a requirement of the position, which includes 3 years’ driving history with no at-fault claims and $2 million liability insurance and no more than 2 current convictions on your abstract.

Please refer the Job description for details