Adult Living Support Worker - RH - PT
Top Benefits
About the role
Make a real impact by supporting adults with diverse abilities in a home setting. Help build independence, well-being, and community connections!
What You’ll Do
- Provide personal care, health support & medication administration
- Plan activities, outings & community engagement
- Prepare healthy meals & maintain the home (shopping, cleaning, repairs)
- Work with individuals, caregivers & professionals to set & reach goals
- Support self-advocacy, relationship skills & personal finances
- Arrange & transport clients to appointments & outings
- Respond to emergencies effectively
- Keep clear & accurate documentation & reports
Benefits
- Competitive wage range - $27.54-$31.61 /hr.
- Extended health, dental, vision, and more
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Vacation starting from 3 weeks per year
- 1 day per month paid sick time
- Stat Holiday Bank accrued at 5%, to be used on unworked stat days
- Regular wage increases with hours worked
- Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
- Community involvement and well-being activities
- Fully paid training and professional development opportunities
What You Bring
- Diploma in Human or Social Services or other related field
- 1-year recent experience with individuals with moderate to severe behavioural and developmental diverse abilities
- Or a combination of education, training, and experience.
Your unique qualities
- Work with individuals facing behavioral and developmental challenges, including Autism.
- Build strong, trusting relationships with clients, families, and the care team.
- Handle challenging behaviors and crises with calm, appropriate responses.
- Support life skills development using a strengths-based approach.
- Plan and implement client goals, schedules, and strategies.
- Work independently and collaborate effectively with the team.
- Solve problems, follow procedures, and take initiative.
- Maintain the home (cooking, cleaning, shopping, budgeting).
- Prepare healthy, nutritious meals.
Other Musts
- Valid BC Class 4 Unrestricted Driver’s License
(Or ability to obtain within probation – reimbursement available) + safe driving record
- Safe Driving Record & Reliable Vehicle
- TB Test (clear of tuberculosis)
- Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search
- Unionized position with a 1.85% union dues deduction
- Physical abilities to provide individuals with personal care and recreational activities indoors and outdoors. Including supporting individuals in wheelchairs and walkers, carrying, lifting, transferring, pushing, pulling, bending, assisting clients safely in and out of bed and bath, and using lifts and other health equipment appropriately.
- The following training is required and provided to the successful candidate free of charge. Existing certifications are an asset: First Aid, Mandt, SafeTalk, Medication Management, Privacy and Information Sharing, Safe Food Handling, Anti-Bullying, and Harassment.
PROGRAM: River House Supported Living Program
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Part-Time
HOURS of WORK: 24 hours per week
SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday between 11 am to 7 pm
REPORTS TO: River House Program Coordinator
COMPENSATION: $27.54-$31.61 per hour (Grid 11 as per collective agreement)
CLOSING DATE: Open until a suitable candidate is found
JOB NUMBER: 2025-57
Contact us at careers@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca for any accommodation needs at any stage of the hiring process.
ICS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, visible or invisible diverse abilities, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or, citizenship or immigration status. Where bona fide occupational requirements limit the applicant selection, the burden of proof rests with the Employer.
About INTERIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Our greatest asset is our staff and volunteers all working together on our mission of “Enriching Lives, Strengthening Communities” with a vision that “People of all abilities live to their potential with dignity, choice and opportunity.”
Our front line staff are community support workers, home support workers, family support works and counsellors doing very important work in Kamloops, Merritt and surrounding communities within complex systems and they are passionate in supporting the most vulnerable individuals in our communities. Our programs and services encompass early childhood, family support, pre-natal, youth, seniors and people with disabilities.
Interior Community Services (ICS) is a non-profit accredited social service agency providing a wide range of support and intervention services to people of all ages in the BC Interior region. We have been in the community for over 45 years and are currently the largest non-profit in the interior of BC.
Adult Living Support Worker - RH - PT
Top Benefits
About the role
Make a real impact by supporting adults with diverse abilities in a home setting. Help build independence, well-being, and community connections!
What You’ll Do
- Provide personal care, health support & medication administration
- Plan activities, outings & community engagement
- Prepare healthy meals & maintain the home (shopping, cleaning, repairs)
- Work with individuals, caregivers & professionals to set & reach goals
- Support self-advocacy, relationship skills & personal finances
- Arrange & transport clients to appointments & outings
- Respond to emergencies effectively
- Keep clear & accurate documentation & reports
Benefits
- Competitive wage range - $27.54-$31.61 /hr.
- Extended health, dental, vision, and more
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Vacation starting from 3 weeks per year
- 1 day per month paid sick time
- Stat Holiday Bank accrued at 5%, to be used on unworked stat days
- Regular wage increases with hours worked
- Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
- Community involvement and well-being activities
- Fully paid training and professional development opportunities
What You Bring
- Diploma in Human or Social Services or other related field
- 1-year recent experience with individuals with moderate to severe behavioural and developmental diverse abilities
- Or a combination of education, training, and experience.
Your unique qualities
- Work with individuals facing behavioral and developmental challenges, including Autism.
- Build strong, trusting relationships with clients, families, and the care team.
- Handle challenging behaviors and crises with calm, appropriate responses.
- Support life skills development using a strengths-based approach.
- Plan and implement client goals, schedules, and strategies.
- Work independently and collaborate effectively with the team.
- Solve problems, follow procedures, and take initiative.
- Maintain the home (cooking, cleaning, shopping, budgeting).
- Prepare healthy, nutritious meals.
Other Musts
- Valid BC Class 4 Unrestricted Driver’s License
(Or ability to obtain within probation – reimbursement available) + safe driving record
- Safe Driving Record & Reliable Vehicle
- TB Test (clear of tuberculosis)
- Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search
- Unionized position with a 1.85% union dues deduction
- Physical abilities to provide individuals with personal care and recreational activities indoors and outdoors. Including supporting individuals in wheelchairs and walkers, carrying, lifting, transferring, pushing, pulling, bending, assisting clients safely in and out of bed and bath, and using lifts and other health equipment appropriately.
- The following training is required and provided to the successful candidate free of charge. Existing certifications are an asset: First Aid, Mandt, SafeTalk, Medication Management, Privacy and Information Sharing, Safe Food Handling, Anti-Bullying, and Harassment.
PROGRAM: River House Supported Living Program
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Part-Time
HOURS of WORK: 24 hours per week
SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday between 11 am to 7 pm
REPORTS TO: River House Program Coordinator
COMPENSATION: $27.54-$31.61 per hour (Grid 11 as per collective agreement)
CLOSING DATE: Open until a suitable candidate is found
JOB NUMBER: 2025-57
Contact us at careers@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca for any accommodation needs at any stage of the hiring process.
ICS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, visible or invisible diverse abilities, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or, citizenship or immigration status. Where bona fide occupational requirements limit the applicant selection, the burden of proof rests with the Employer.
About INTERIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Our greatest asset is our staff and volunteers all working together on our mission of “Enriching Lives, Strengthening Communities” with a vision that “People of all abilities live to their potential with dignity, choice and opportunity.”
Our front line staff are community support workers, home support workers, family support works and counsellors doing very important work in Kamloops, Merritt and surrounding communities within complex systems and they are passionate in supporting the most vulnerable individuals in our communities. Our programs and services encompass early childhood, family support, pre-natal, youth, seniors and people with disabilities.
Interior Community Services (ICS) is a non-profit accredited social service agency providing a wide range of support and intervention services to people of all ages in the BC Interior region. We have been in the community for over 45 years and are currently the largest non-profit in the interior of BC.