About the Job: Adult Living Support Worker
Join our team supporting adults with behavioral and developmental diverse abilities in a home setting. You'll help implement care and behavioral plans, promote independence, and build meaningful community connections.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with clients, caregivers, and professionals to set and achieve personal goals
- Provide personal care, health support, and medication administration
- Plan and prepare nutritious meals based on individual dietary needs
- Lead daily living tasks—housekeeping, shopping, laundry, yard work, and basic repairs
- Support community outings, medical appointments, and social visits
- Teach life skills, relationship building, and self-advocacy
- Manage household finances and maintain clear documentation
- Identify and respond to risks, ensuring safety for all
Benefits
- Competitive wage range - $27.54-$31.61 /hr.
- Extended health, dental, vision, and more
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Annual vacation starting from 3 weeks after 1 year and increasing with seniority, as per the Collective Agreement
- 1 day per month sick leave accrual
- 13 fully paid statutory holidays per year
- Regular wage increases with hours worked
- Priority as an internal candidate for future job vacancies
- Community involvement and well-being activities
- Paid required training and ongoing professional development
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
- BC Class 5 DL is accepted with the condition of the ability to obtain a Valid Class 4 Unrestricted driver’s license within the probationary period. (Reimbursement available for the costs)
- Safe Driving Record & Reliable Vehicle
- TB Test (clear of tuberculosis)
- Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search
- Unionized position with a 1.8% 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, Abuse and Neglect Awareness training, Anti-Bullying, and Harassment.
PROGRAM: River House Supported Living Program
LOCATION: Kamloops, BC
STATUS: Full-Time
HOURS of WORK: 37.4 hours per week
SCHEDULE: 4 on 2 off afternoons, 3pm to 11am
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: 2026-49
Contact us at
[email protected] 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.
