Therapeutic Vocation Worker - Regina SK - THERA004

The Therapeutic Vocational Worker provides vocational support to vulnerable persons with complex and neurodivergent needs, behavioural issues, developmental disabilities, mental health disorders, and/or other related issues. The Therapeutic Vocational Worker provides holistic care, in a therapeutic vocational environment, while implementing supervision, training, support, care, and role-modelling to participants, guiding vocational routines while implementing behavioural and life skill strategies. The Therapeutic Vocational Worker assists participants in meeting their individual and vocational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Services

• Provide supervision, care, and support to vulnerable persons with complex and neurodivergent needs, behavioural issues, developmental disabilities, mental health disorders, and/or other related issues.
• Supervise and engage with participants in a safe and structured environment.
• Participate in programming.
• Provide a safe and adaptive environment where participants with exceptionalities can learn meaningful functional life and vocational skills.
• Implement individual vocational plans and programming.
• Communicate information regarding job duties, skill requirements, and the work environment to participants in a manner that adapts to individual needs and abilities.
• Train, support, and supervise participant tasks.
• Teach participants life skills such as self care, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and positive behaviours.
• Provide Personal Care as required.
• Seek out information on community resources of benefit to participants.
• Communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide regular reviews regarding individual vocational plans.
• Provide feedback to the program manager regarding participant successes and challenges.
• Resolve conflicts and respond to crisis situations in a calm and patient manner.