Rehabilitation Services Coordinator - Permanent Full Time Position 35 Hours per week - Winnipeg, Manitoba

Looking for steady, meaningful work?

Join our Community Support Services team at March of Dimes Canada. Provide daily care and support to people with disabilities and seniors in your community.

As a member of our Community Support Services team, you will provide care and connection to people with disabilities, brain injuries or seniors. You will provide support within their individual or shared-living homes or within their community.

Because of you, people in your community will live a better-quality life, with dignity. It’s a job to be proud of.

Why join March of Dimes Canada?

• Deeply satisfying work
• Steady employment with one of the most respected agencies in Canada
• A stable and supportive team of proud workers, many who have been with us for years
• Successful employee training program
• Competitive benefits package (including health and dental benefits for part-time staff after one year of employment and who work a minimum number of hours)
• Pension plan (optional for part-time staff who work a minimum number of hours)
• Paid sick time
• Vacation time (vacation pay for part-time staff, including the option to bank time for a one-time payout)
• Best practices protecting health and safety
• Excellent safety record with COVID-19
• Scheduling allows for work/life balance
• Culturally diverse workplace

Who is March of Dimes Canada?

From our humble beginnings in 1951 as a group of mothers going door-to-door collecting dimes in support of polio research, March of Dimes Canada has grown into a national, multi-service not-for-profit organization. We work for people with disabilities and seniors, helping them with daily living, rehabilitation, and employment.

What does the Community Support Services team do?

Our Community Support Services team, which is primarily funded by governments, provides essential services that enable people to live as independently as possible. Whether the disability is physical, cognitive or the result of brain injury or aging, our team of 1,600 employees assists people in their homes and communities, helping them gain a greater level of functioning and connection with others. Over the past year, the number of people we serve rose to more than 6,100 people.

This Opportunity

We are currently looking to fill one Rehabilitation Services Coordinator - One Permanent Full Time Position 35 Hours per week on Winnipeg. Starting wage at $28.43 per hour.

Duties include the following:

• Plans and implements programs designed to enhance the efficiency and safe delivery of Community Support Services to clients with various disabilities.
• Effectively manages and approves program resources, human and financial needs to meet program goals and objectives
• Recruits, employs, trains, supervises and evaluates support service staff, within a pre-determined budget in accordancewith the approved program plans.
• To coordinate the assessment development, implementation or care plans.
• Monitorsand evaluatesoperational effectiveness, and effects changes required for improvement.
• Participates as a member of CSS administration team in planning, problem resolution, quality improvement and review of service delivery performance.
• Act as a resource to staff and families in the provision of long-term support and service coordination for complex to enable adults with disabilities to remain in community.
• Act as a staff resource to support activities of Community Support Supervisor/Program Manager
• Valid drives license and access to vehicle
• Ability to travel regularly between MODC programs and the community of Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Compensated On-call on a rotational basis

Background / Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Services program or equivalent preferred
• 2 – 5 years’ experience in the Social Services/Health Sector, coordinating services for individuals with a disabilities.
• Knowledge of cognitive impairment and mental health diagnosis
• Community based experience working with individuals with a cognitive impairment, physical disabilities or special needs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized and excellent time management skills
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and train employees to include organizing, prioritizing and scheduling workassignments
• Problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Knowledge of human relations
• Knowledge of behaviour management principles
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
• General understanding of computer hardware and software
• Strong ability to assess and determine effective compensatory strategies to support maximum community participation/inclusion.

Please note that March of Dimes Canada has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by receiving all required doses of a vaccine approved by Health Canada at least 14 days prior to the commencement of their employment, or as otherwise recommended by public health authorities. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons or on the basis of any other protected ground, as required under applicable human rights legislation.

March of Dimes Canada is committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive, equitable and accessible. We welcome applications from qualified individuals that reflect the abilities and diversity of the populations we serve. March of Dimes Canada will proactively provide accessibility solutions to job applicants throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From $28.43 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Winnipeg, MB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: One location

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