Integration Support Worker

Position:Full-Time Integration Support Worker

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Job :

# of Openings:4

Full-Time Integration Support Worker Competition #44-26

Providing Resources and Independence for Youth Development (PRIYD) is a community-based program focusing on functional life skills and community participation for children and youth with support needs living in Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, and Vancouver. A support for children and youth with developmental disabilities, the goals of the program are to increase each person’s independence and to support the family. Service is provided both one-to-one and in small groups.

Staff work directly with children and youth who may have diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fragile X syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, and/or mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression.

• Flexible scheduling to accommodate life/work balance
• Three weeks’ vacation for full-time staff
  * entitlement increases from there
• Three paid household leave days a year
• Two paid Wellness Days a year
• Two and a half paid Agency days for full-time staff
• Five paid days for education leave/year
• One paid Moving Day/year
• Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
• Milestone celebrations
• On-the-job education through various Lunch and Learns
• Safe and Respectful Work Environment
• Opportunities for Growth
• Ongoing support, mentoring, and recognition to help with engagement and career growth
• A work culture that values transparency, teamwork, learning, fairness, and integrity

• Three flex benefit options to meet your individualized needs
• Option of psychological/counselling services (up to $1500/year)
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Long-Term Disability Plan
• Insurance, Travel insurance, ++

Work Hours: 35 hours per week Tuesday-Saturday, with variable start and end times based on client availability. Typically starting around 11:00 am-12:00 pm on weekdays, ending around 7:00 pm-8:00 pm. Saturdays: 9:00 am-6:00 pm.

Salary: GS 9 Step 1 - 4 $ 28.81 - $31.91 per hour

Location: Community-based, with administrative time spent at 1638 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC. Possibility of occasional partial days worked from home.

Posting End Date: Posting will remain open until filled

Under the supervision of the Regional Service Coordinators and Managers, as a community-based Integration Support Worker, you will provide service to families in the following ways:

• Provide one-to-one and group support to children and youth with developmental disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Formulate goals, action plans and strategies together with your clients and their caregivers
• Through community-based recreational activities, support your clients, using coaching, modelling and emotional support, to develop life skills, age and ability-appropriate independence and integration in the community
• As a resource, advocate, role model and community liaison, connect with social workers, behaviour consultants, educational staff and families as part of an integrated team
• Your commitment to meaningful documentation and progress reports will ensure continuity of care for your clients

Education, Training, Experience

• Two years of post-secondary education or training in child & youth care or a related field
• Demonstrated experience working with children and youth with developmental disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder

Role Qualifications and Skills include, but are not limited to

• Ability to teach functional life skills in a community setting
• Demonstrated ability to work with children and youth with support needs, and their…