CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Resourceful Futures prides ourselves in hiring Community Disability Service workers who are professional, passionate, compassionate, and non-judgemental with exceptional communication skills such as:  Helpful Communication Tips  and experience to make a difference in the lives  of people with disabilities.

Below, we have identified the six primary Community Disability Services job profiles. If you are working in the field of Community Disability Services and/or are thinking about a career in this sector, and want to work for an organization that is on the leading edge, we want to hear from you.

NOTE:  If you are applying to be a Permitted Subcontractor, please ensure your credentials are equivalent to a Community Disability Services Practitioner level.

The Six Primary CDS Job Profiles.

Community Disability Services Worker

The CDSW is a front- line community disability services role that has responsibility to support and facilitate the development of skills and competencies that will assist persons with disabilities to pursue an fulfill their goals, objectives and aspirations.

Community Disability Services Practitioner

The CDSP is an experienced direct support role in the field, providing direct support to individual's with disabilities, as well as participating in assessment, person-centered planning, and plan implementation.  While many of the core activities are similar to those of a Community Disability Services Worker, their application is typically relative to more complicated and/or specialized individual situations or environments.  The role typically requires additional specialized education/training and more extensive experience to provide support in more complex circumstances, as well as cover a broader range of service and support options.  In some cases, the Community Disability Services Practitioner will focus activities within a particular area of service/support and/or coordination of other less experience service providers, but without full supervisory responsibility. 

Team Leader

The Team Leader role typically incorporates front-line supervisory functions and direct support/service responsibilities.  It is designed in the career progression as first step into broader operational and/or organizational leadership.  A key responsibility is training and support for other, less-experienced direct service staff.

Coordinator

The Coordinator role has responsibility for operational leadership for a set of services or processes within and agency/organization.  While there may be some direct service contacts dealing with service coordination issues, the role is primarily operational oversight.  Key aspects of the role include the development and implementation of process guidelines, service monitoring and evaluation, service delivery coordination and intervention, budget administration and management, funding proposal development, and community liaison.  This role may take on various other responsibilities depending upon the size of the agency and scope of services provided.

Program Director

The Program Director is a senior management role with broader strategic, operational and service area responsibility.  While not at the chief executive/executive director level, this role has responsibility for input to the organization's strategic agenda and direct leadership responsibility for a significant aspect of the agency's business/service plan.  There is a heightened role in community liaison and overall scope of service planning and funding. The financial management responsibilities tend to be towards a group of services or organizational segment, rather than a particular service or area of services.

Specialist/Consultant

The Specialist/Consultant is a consultant-type resource role that provides specialist services, training, research and related support, often as part of an interdisciplinary team, within the community disability field.  It is viewed as an important part of the overall resource base within the profession.  This role profile has not been defined in specific detail because of the diversity of areas of possible specialization: however, it is a recognized need within the profession not only as a resource, but also as a non-supervisory, professional career step.

When applying for an available position, Resourceful Futures requests that you identify your specific credentials based on the job profiles posted.   In addition to submitting a resume, Resourceful Futures requires our in-house job application to be completed. 

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Residential Supports (Permitted Subcontractor) :
This position is funded on a monthly fee for service under a contractual agreement and remuneration is based on experience, education and the ability to provide the required supports. This position requires that an Adult with Developmental Disabilities is cared for in your primary place of residence. The individual is responsible for paying room and board fees. You are typically not responsible for providing care from 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday, except for statutory holidays and/or whenever the individual is not attending programs during these hours.

Community Access : Community Disability Services Worker
This position is paid on an hourly rate and the hours are typically Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. Outreach hours are typically provided evenings and weekends. These supports require the worker to assist the individuals to access community events/activities that are of the client's interest and choice.

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