Community Rehabilitation Worker – Brain Injury Services
This dynamic frontline position provides direct supports to individuals living with an acquired brain injury. As a member of the team, you will be responsible to provide “wholistic” supports in the areas of; program development and implementation, teaching life skills within the individual’s home or the community, facilitating group activities, assessing client needs and researching available community resources. The needs of the individuals URSA supports vary. Having a background or knowledge of behaviors, addictions, and social services is an asset.
The successful candidate will be an effective team player as well as someone who shows initiative and can work independently. The candidate is able to effectively communicate, collaborate, compromise and carry out team decisions. They are also effective problem solvers and strive to promote a positive environment within the program. If you have these skills and are interested in working for a dynamic, growing and diverse organization, please submit your resume today.
Community Rehabilitation Worker – Developmental Disabilities
This dynamic frontline position provides direct supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. As a member of the team, you will be responsible to provide “wholistic” supports in the areas of; program development and implementation, personal care, community outings, medication administration, and documentation. The needs of the individuals URSA supports vary. Having a background or knowledge of behaviors, and/or medical care is considered an asset.
The successful candidate will be an effective team player, who is able to communicate, collaborate, compromise and carry out team decisions. They are also effective problem solvers and strive to promote a positive environment within the program. If you have these skills and are interested in working for a dynamic, growing and diverse organization, please submit your resume today.
Sales and Marketing Assistant
Given its continued growth, URSA is looking to add a Retreat Centre Sales and Marketing (contract position) to its administrative team.
This position is a one year contract position.
The Retreat Centre Sales and Marketing position will provide growth of the URSA Retreat Centre through the development and implementation of a business plan to increase external bookings and revenue at the Retreat Centre. This position is essential to increase awareness about the URSA Retreat Centre and increase overall number of bookings. In order to succeed as the Retreat Centre Sales and Marketing, you must be organized, efficient, an independent worker, detail orientated with great follow-up skills and self motivated.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Implementing a marketing and business development plan that includes: timelines, budgets, marketing materials, mail outs, events, and other strategies to increase bookings at the Retreat Centre
- Attend events and tradeshows, as required, to promote the Retreat Centre
- Tours of the Retreat Centre
- Complete all bookings for the Retreat Centre and enter into booking calendar; including changes to bookings as needed
- Send invoices and ensure all payments for bookings are paid on time
- Social media management including: photos, stories, events and a variety of posts
- Create new and maintain existing contacts for the Retreat Centre including: neighbors, service clubs, groups and business in and around the Cochrane area
- Maintain database of all contacts.
- Attending Cochrane interagency meetings to promote the Centre
- Ensure that all URSA documents and external correspondence meets acceptable standards and all deadlines are met
General Requirements:
- Must possess a diploma or degree in a related field, i.e.: Hospitality Management and/or Marketing
- A minimum of 1 year experience in a similar role
- Your own transportation/vehicle, a valid class 5 driver’s license
- Proficiency in all MS Office programs and other software
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment that involves working under pressure with tight deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Previous experience in the non-profit field would be considered an asset
The salary is $42,000 per year.
The typical work week is 40 hours per week, with occasional overtime, evenings and weekends.
We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits.
The selected candidate must have a clear criminal record and be able to pass the child welfare check.
Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
If this opportunity is of interest to you please submit your resume today
Senior Manager
Given its continued growth, URSA is looking to add a Senior Manager (contract position) to its administrative team.
This position is a one year contract position.
This is a senior role within URSA and the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing a division of services. This includes the supervision/direction of the rehabilitation teams, ensuring compliance of policies and procedures and that all standards are met. This position will provide URSA with the monitoring of department budgets, maintenance of health and safety and monitoring of program effectiveness and operational procedure of the services.
In order to succeed as the Senior Manager, you must be detail oriented, organized with extremely good follow-up skills, efficient, flexible, and an independent worker. You must also be a self-initiator, a team player and utilize a solution-focused approach.
Your responsibilities will include, however are not limited to:
Supervision
- Build an effective team that is individual focused.
- Is responsible for the direction and supervision of Managers/Supervisors/Team Leaders within their assigned sites.
- Provide ongoing feedback, support and training to team members through regularly scheduled supervision meetings.
- Responsible for completing and presenting performance appraisals to Managers/Supervisors and Team Leaders within their assigned sites.
- Responsible for addressing staff performance concerns by following the disciplinary process of the Agency.
- Attends and/or chairs regular meetings. Ensures proper content including program specifics conform with current individual needs, address staffing issues, share relevant information relating to programs, staff development and Agency related issues.
- Establish on-call rotation with Manager/Supervisor, team members, and participate in the on-call rotation either via back up to the managers or in the rotation itself.
- Ensure that all program funds are used appropriately; this includes a yearly audit of group home funds in conjunction with URSA’s Accountant.
- Monitor staff schedules of each program for suitability and fiscal effectiveness.
- Review and submit staff timesheets.
Individual Care
- Enhance awareness of individual needs through formal/informal encounters and by establishing and maintaining rapport with individuals.
- Responsible for the development, maintenance and delivery of quality programs for all individuals that promote goals that are SMART and have tangible outcomes, formal and informal assessment, and quality of life versus custodial in nature.
- Ensure that individual/staff/parent/guardian concerns and issues are addressed and documented objectively, clearly, and is concise and legible.
- Communicates and consults with families and guardians.
- Is cognizant of all of the individual’s health concerns and ensures proper procedures are followed.
- Facilitates crisis management for individuals, staff and parents as needed
- Is responsible for the coordination and development of the initial individual intake process.
- To conduct tours and program information sessions to familiarize the public with program services.
Health and Safety
- Coordinate the licensing or safety standard processes for each of the supported living environments as required.
- Completes an audit of all program sites twice per year and participates in the Director’s and OH&S audits of each site.
- Monitors all Accident/Incident Reports submitted and ensure follow-up is appropriate and timely.
- Ensure that all information is maintained in accordance with established provincial and federal guidelines and regulations.
General Requirements:
- A degree in human services or rehabilitation studies.
- 5-7 years of working directly with developmentally and/or brain injured individuals
- 5-7 years of administrative and supervisory experience (supervising a team of 10-15 people).
- Your own transportation/vehicle and a valid class 5 driver’s license
- Maintains confidentiality, uses sound judgment, and works independently
- Takes initiative to solve problems and utilizes all available resources to make the best decision
- Takes responsibility for decisions made and is able to provide rationale for one’s own decisions
- Solicits feedback and evaluates one’s own performance in relation to the job description and to service delivery.
We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits.
The selected candidate must have a clear criminal record and be able to pass the child welfare check.
Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
If this opportunity is of interest to you please submit your resume today.