Social Service Worker Jobs

Kinnect Support Services is a social services partner that provides trained staff support to various organizations in need of relief staff. Our team offers superior support to Agencies, Organizations, and Institutions that work with adolescents youth, adults, and seniors who experience behavioral, social, emotional, physical, and psychiatric difficulties.

Areas of Service:

• Newmarket

Work Responsibilities:

• Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to attending appointments with clients, completing household chores, adhering to Health and Safety standards.
• Duties will include daily routines, recreation, behavioral management, and presenting life skills education.
• Ensuring clients are following prescribed medication routines (i.e. witnessing the client taking their medications, documenting where applicable).
• Complete daily logs, incident reports, medication charts and other legal documents. MUST have a solid command of the English language and the ability to effectively articulate and document is mandatory.
• Maintaining routine within the residences and doing household chores including cleaning, general maintenance, and keeping the staff workspace clean.
• Daily supervision of residents.
• Comply with all policies and procedures as established by the agency / Ministry.
• Responsible for engaging those in the shelter system as well as some day treatment programing.

Qualifications:

You must have:

• Considerable experience working in shelter and transitional housing settings.
• Working with Autism, Mental Health Behavioral, and Developmental Delayed clients in a Group Home Setting
• G2/G License
• Level 1 First Aid / CPR Certificate.
• Must have valid crisis training:CPI or UMAB or Safe ManagementCertification, willingness to obtain.
• Must be a graduate from a recognized College with or University equivalent
• Need to have or willing to get a Vulnerable Person Sector Criminal reference search.

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrates ability to operate related equipment
• Good oral and verbal communication skills – English is essential.
• Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates ability to organize workload and to respond efficiently and effectively to unexpected workload and situations.
• Knowledgeable of the LGBTQ+ community.
• Deals with others in an effective, compassionate, and supportive manner.
• Can work in a team environment.
• Knowledgeable of shelter standards and community.
• Respects each resident as an individual and is aware of his/her need for self-respect and privacy, and the right to share in decisions about his/her care.
• Must be open to working overnights.
• Adaptable to any setting and community.
• Positive public relation skills, including the ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with residents and families.
• Willingness to work, available for emergency and on-call shifts, especially weekends and overnights.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Experience:

• Social Services Occupations: 1 year (required)

Pay rate: 19$ an hour