Residential Care Worker - Men's Treatment & Community Services

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is hiring Casual Residential Care Workers to support clients in a hospital-adjacent residential setting. Reporting to the Men's Services Leadership Team, you will contribute to client-centred care, safety, and a supportive environment across multiple shifts, including days, evenings, nights and weekends.

Ideal candidates will have high school education, CPR-C with AED and First Aid, and experience in a residential or addictions context, with strong

Qualifications

• High school education (Manitoba standards) is required.
• CPR-C with AED and First Aid certification are required before starting.
• Experience in residential facilities or addictions-related settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicate respectfully with clients and staff; present yourself in a friendly manner.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for client-centred care and show empathy and compassion.
• Foster a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for clients.
• Respond to client requests in a timely and flexible manner.
• Consider the needs of clients, other staff, and the organization when making decisions.

Skills

Communication

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Teamwork

Cultural sensitivity

Microsoft Office

Addictions knowledge

English fluency

Indigenous knowledge

Education

High school diploma

Job description

FTE: Casual

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Nights;Weekends;Non-Conforming;Non-Repeating

Work Arrangement: In Person

Annual Base Hours: 2080

Salary: $21.608 , $22.279 , $22.952 , $23.669 , $24.434 , $25.198 , $25.975

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Position Overview

Reporting to the Men's Services Leadership Team, Residential Care Workers provide client and facility support. These positions require a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development and support of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) programs and client services.

Responsibilities

The Residential Care Worker will demonstrate the following:

• Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
• Demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
• Commitment to fostering a safe, healthy and nurturing environment for clients.
• Exhibit the ability to respond to client requests in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to consider the needs of clients, other staff persons and the organization when making decisions within the role.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
• Recognize the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.
• Demonstrate active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Ability to manage own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the agency's mission, vision, values, and objectives.

Experience

• Suitable combination of education and experience working in a residential facility, addictions related employment experience and/or volunteer work.
• Experience working from a client centered perspective.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Complete high school education, Manitoba standards, required.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Valid CPR-C with Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training and First Aid certification are required prior to beginning work.

Qualifications And Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well within an inter-disciplinary team.
• The ability to work within and contribute to a positive team environment.
• An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.
• The ability to operate Microsoft software applications, internet and email communications.
• Knowledge of the addictions field is required.
• Fluency in English (the ability to communicate in aboriginal languages, including Ojibwe and Cree, as well as French is considered an asset).
• Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered an asset.

Physical Requirements

• Availability for shift work.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.