Sector: Health care and social assistance
Posting Date: April 7, 2025
Closing Date: May 7, 2025
Location: Powell River/qathet Regional District
Salary Or Wage: $1045-$5015 per month
Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Type: Full Time
List of Requirements
- Ability to provide a safe, caring, and supportive home for an adult with a developmental disability or acquired brain injury
- Must be of legal age (19 years or older)
- Valid Work Safe B.C. approved Emergency First Aid + CPR (can be obtained before placement)
- Satisfactory Driver’s Abstract – ICBC Driver’s Public Search
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Review Program (CRRP) – for working with children and/or vulnerable adults
- Anyone living in your home who is 19 years or older will also be required to complete a CRRP
List of Duties
Are you passionate about making a difference in someone’s life? inclusion powell river is looking for compassionate individuals or families to become HomeShare Providers. You will provide a safe, caring, and supportive home for an adult with a developmental disability or acquired brain injury, helping them thrive and live a great life.
What You’ll Do
- Build Relationships: Establish and maintain a warm, personal relationship with the individual, as well as their mother and friends. Assist the individual in creating and maintaining positive relationships.
- Implement Plans: Assist the individual in reaching their goals and accessing supports that enable them to live a full and inclusive life. This may involve attending meetings with inclusion or healthcare professionals.
- Daily Assistance: Provide gentle reminders and support for maintaining cleanliness and bedtime routines.
- Engage in Activities: Support interests such as hiking, swimming, time in nature, and learning to cook.
- Provide: Meals/access to food and cooking supplies as well as suitable housing.
Who You’ll Support
- Age: 20-year-old male
- Living Preference: Own bedroom and bathroom
- Interests: Nature, hiking, learning to cook, swimming, gaming
- Routine: Thrives with routines and clear boundaries
- Communication: Communicates needs and wants verbally or through texting
- Support Needs: Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule; support & encouragement; creating positive friendships
- Ideal Home: A home without small children or pets would match this individual best
- Monthly payment is based on Community Living BC (CLBC) rates, tax free
- To ensure your application is specific to this posting, please include in the note section that you are “responding to the posting for a 20-year-old male.”
How to Apply
To apply for this job please use one of the methods listed below:
Lift's Employment Services posts this position as a free service for the community. Lift does not screen employers or applicants and assumes no responsibility or liability for the job posting. Any arrangements are between the job seeker and the employer.