Direct Support Specialist

Job description
Are you passionate about people? Are you excited about assisting people to navigate and thrive in their lives?

CBI Home Health is hiring Direct Support Specialist (DSS) in Regina to support individuals living with disabilities to live their best life. Using a Person-Centered mindset, DSS's provide the right support, at the right time to assist people in their home and in their community to lead rich and meaningful lives.

Your role
• Contribute, review and implement person-centered plans designed to support and assist adults, in achieving their personal goals
• Collaborate with other staff to facilitate meaningful, high quality community connections, personal development and recreation opportunities.
• Encourage and support individual independence, choice, and self-expression in the areas of self care, communication, recreation, socialization and participation.
• Act as a role model while encouraging and assisting the individual to participate in the daily activities and responsibilities of their personal life and their home
• Support residents to participate and engage in the community through leisure activities, and fostering social networks that align with the individual's interests and person centered plan
• Establish and maintain rapport with residents and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders
• Keep accurate records and complete necessary documentation requirements, including but not limited to Person Centered Plan updates, daily logs and incident reports.

What You Will Need To Be Successful
• Post secondary education and/or experience in Human Services and/or disability support with preference given to individuals with a background in Person Centered concepts.
• A positive attitude and belief that persons with disabilities have the right and responsibility to define and pursue their life choices and pursue active participation and involvement in the community.
• Preference to individuals that have certification in PART, Food Safety, TLR, Medication Administration.
• A satisfactory Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Search
• Must have a valid Class 5 Saskatchewan Driver's License and use of a reliable vehicle, including $2 million liability insurance on the vehicle you will bring to work each day.
• The ability to work 12 hour shifts.

Please note: Supports are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Shift work is required to include both Saturdays and Sundays.

About CBI Home Health Specialized Community Services

Our Approach

CBI Home Health provides specialized healthcare support in our community homes or in an individual’s personal residence. Our community homes provide a holistic, person-centered approach to care and can serve individuals with complex needs who require up to 24-hour care. Our unique approach starts with the needs of the individual – we work together to identify the services that will best support the individual in attaining their optimum level of independence and self-reliance by developing life skills and activities of daily living, thus creating a closer connection to their community.

Support in Our Community Homes and Personal Residences

We are committed to providing individuals with a nurturing, home-like atmosphere where they can build relationships, work, volunteer, and have fun. We select, design and retrofit our community homes to meet the specific needs of the individuals that will reside there. Our homes are welcoming, modern and safe.

Whether in our community homes or personal residences, our specialized community services are designed to support individuals in attaining their optimum level of independence and self-reliance by developing life skills and activities of daily living.

Join us at CBI Home Health – where working together makes great things happen.

To learn more about CBI, please visit www.cbihomehealth.ca

CBI Home Health is committed to providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe and accepted as their authentic selves. We actively seek qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion and contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives that help us innovate and provide the best possible care to our clients.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristics that make each of us different.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and CBI Policies on Accommodation, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of our hiring process. Please inform your recruiter if you have any accommodation requests. Read more