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Job Details

Disability Management Program Manager

Employer

MirkaCare Services Inc.

Date Posted

May 25, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $22.35 to $28.35 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 55 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 08, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

MirkaCare Services Inc.

Languages

English

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Corrections
  • Child welfare
  • Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
  • Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
  • Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
  • Crime prevention
  • Programs dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
  • Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Private residence
  • Group home
  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Urban area

Tasks

  • Plan and control budget and expenditures
  • Train, direct and motivate staff
  • Assign, co-ordinate and review projects and programs
  • Plan, develop and implement recruitment strategies
  • Manage training and development strategies
  • Oversee the analysis of employee data and information
  • Oversee the preparation of reports
  • Respond to employee questions and complaints
  • Oversee payroll administration
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations
  • Administrative and office activities
  • Shop for food and household supplies
  • Provide companionship
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Implement life skills workshops
  • Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
  • Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
  • Conduct follow-up assessments
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
  • Supervise children's visits with parents to ensure their safety
  • Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
  • Implement substance abuse treatment programs
  • Implement behaviour management programs
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
  • Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings

Supervision

11-15 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Cultural Awareness Training
  • Medication Administration Certificate
  • Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  • Personal Support Worker Certificate
  • Health Care Aide Certificate
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Certificate
  • Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Certificate
  • Community disability studies Certificate
  • Mandt System training
  • Mental health first aid Certificate
  • Behaviour management Certification
  • Developmental services worker¿(DSW)¿Training
  • HIGH FIVE training (principles of healthy child development)
  • Intensive behavioural intervention Certification
  • Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course
  • Relationship development intervention (RDI) training

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check
  • Child Abuse Registry check
  • Child welfare check
  • Adult Abuse Registry check
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Initiative
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Reliability
  • Punctuality

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Mileage paid

Long term benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.

Interest Codes & Abilities
The Disability Management Program Manager is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Human Resources Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to plan, organize, direct control and evaluate the operation of human resource and personnel departments, and to oversee the classification and rating of occupations; in co-ordinating internal and external training and recruiting activities; and in directing the organization's quality management program

SOCIAL

Interest in negotiating with other departmental managers to plan human resource requirements, and in negotiating collective agreements; in advising and assisting other departmental managers on interpreting and administering personnel policies and programs, and in participating actively an various joint committees

methodical

Interest in developing and implementing labour relations procedures and in ensuring compliance with legislation such as the Pay Equity Act

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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