Residence Workers - PT- Afternoon Line
Top Benefits
About the role
Join our team as a Residence Worker, supporting an adult with diverse abilities in a supportive home setting. You’ll help promote independence, enhance quality of life, and foster community inclusion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the resident, caregivers, and professionals to set and achieve personal goals
- Provide personal care and support health needs
- Plan engaging activities that build skills and encourage community connections
- Prepare healthy meals and manage household tasks
- Administer medications and assist with finances
- Support advocacy, relationship-building, and healthy lifestyle choices
- Provide transportation to appointments and outings
- Respond to emergencies and manage risk
- Maintain accurate records and budget documentation
BENEFITS
- Annual vacation starting from 3 weeks after 1 year and increasing with seniority, as per the Collective Agreement
- Stat Holiday Bank accrued at 5%, to be used on unworked stat days
- 1-day sick time accrual per month
- Wage increases with every 2000 hrs. of seniority, up until Step 4
- Fully paid training and professional development opportunities
- Community involvement and wellbeing activities
- Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
- Interior Community Services is a Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) employer. Part-time employees' entitlement to MPP is determined based on the length of service and accrued wages. If the candidate is already a contributing member, then enrollment is on hire.
Education, Training & Experience:
- Certificate in Community or School Support Work, Resident Care Aide, or Home Support Work
- Minimum 1 year of recent experience working with seniors with diverse developmental abilities
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
**Your unique qualities:**Demonstrated knowledge and strong abilities to:
- Build trusting, respectful relationships with individuals, families, teams, and professionals
- Respond calmly and appropriately to challenging behaviours, crises, and aggression
- Support life skills development using a strengths-based approach
- Develop and implement client-focused plans, schedules, and goals
- Work independently and collaboratively as a reliable team member
- Apply critical thinking and follow policies with sound judgment
- Take initiative and follow through on program needs
- Navigate and resolve conflict effectively
- Document clearly and accurately
- Maintain a home environment: cooking, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, yard work
- Prepare nutritious, balanced meals
Other Musts
- Valid BC Class 4 Unrestricted Driver’s License
(Class 5 accepted if able to upgrade within probation—costs reimbursed)
- Safe driving record
- Access to a reliable vehicle (an asset)
- Physical ability to support individuals with personal care and recreational activities—includes lifting, transferring, mobility support, and using health equipment safely
- Training provided at no cost (CPR-C, Mandt-RCT, SafeTalk, Food Safety, Medication Management, etc.); existing certifications are a plus
- Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search (through BC Ministry of Public Safety)
- Union membership required (1.85% dues deducted from pay)
PROGRAM: Crestline House
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Part-Time
SCHEDULE: 16 hrs./wk., Friday-Saturday, 4 PM -12 AM
REPORTS TO: Program Coordinator, Crestline House
COMPENSATION: $25.95 - $29.76 per hour (Grid 10 as per collective agreement)
CLOSING DATE: Open until a suitable candidate is found
JOB NUMBER: 2025- 92
If you need any accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, contact us at careers@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca. This information will be kept confidential.
Interior Community Services 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.
Residence Workers - PT- Afternoon Line
Top Benefits
About the role
Join our team as a Residence Worker, supporting an adult with diverse abilities in a supportive home setting. You’ll help promote independence, enhance quality of life, and foster community inclusion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the resident, caregivers, and professionals to set and achieve personal goals
- Provide personal care and support health needs
- Plan engaging activities that build skills and encourage community connections
- Prepare healthy meals and manage household tasks
- Administer medications and assist with finances
- Support advocacy, relationship-building, and healthy lifestyle choices
- Provide transportation to appointments and outings
- Respond to emergencies and manage risk
- Maintain accurate records and budget documentation
BENEFITS
- Annual vacation starting from 3 weeks after 1 year and increasing with seniority, as per the Collective Agreement
- Stat Holiday Bank accrued at 5%, to be used on unworked stat days
- 1-day sick time accrual per month
- Wage increases with every 2000 hrs. of seniority, up until Step 4
- Fully paid training and professional development opportunities
- Community involvement and wellbeing activities
- Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
- Interior Community Services is a Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) employer. Part-time employees' entitlement to MPP is determined based on the length of service and accrued wages. If the candidate is already a contributing member, then enrollment is on hire.
Education, Training & Experience:
- Certificate in Community or School Support Work, Resident Care Aide, or Home Support Work
- Minimum 1 year of recent experience working with seniors with diverse developmental abilities
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
**Your unique qualities:**Demonstrated knowledge and strong abilities to:
- Build trusting, respectful relationships with individuals, families, teams, and professionals
- Respond calmly and appropriately to challenging behaviours, crises, and aggression
- Support life skills development using a strengths-based approach
- Develop and implement client-focused plans, schedules, and goals
- Work independently and collaboratively as a reliable team member
- Apply critical thinking and follow policies with sound judgment
- Take initiative and follow through on program needs
- Navigate and resolve conflict effectively
- Document clearly and accurately
- Maintain a home environment: cooking, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, yard work
- Prepare nutritious, balanced meals
Other Musts
- Valid BC Class 4 Unrestricted Driver’s License
(Class 5 accepted if able to upgrade within probation—costs reimbursed)
- Safe driving record
- Access to a reliable vehicle (an asset)
- Physical ability to support individuals with personal care and recreational activities—includes lifting, transferring, mobility support, and using health equipment safely
- Training provided at no cost (CPR-C, Mandt-RCT, SafeTalk, Food Safety, Medication Management, etc.); existing certifications are a plus
- Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search (through BC Ministry of Public Safety)
- Union membership required (1.85% dues deducted from pay)
PROGRAM: Crestline House
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Part-Time
SCHEDULE: 16 hrs./wk., Friday-Saturday, 4 PM -12 AM
REPORTS TO: Program Coordinator, Crestline House
COMPENSATION: $25.95 - $29.76 per hour (Grid 10 as per collective agreement)
CLOSING DATE: Open until a suitable candidate is found
JOB NUMBER: 2025- 92
If you need any accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, contact us at careers@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca. This information will be kept confidential.
Interior Community Services 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.