Fixed-term Full-time (37.5 hours/week) POSTING CLOSING DATE: October 23, 2026 At Lumenus we illuminate a seamless pathway to optimal wellbeing for our clients. As one of the largest mental health agencies in Ontario, we offer a broad range of high-quality mental health, developmental and community services for infants, children, youth, individuals, and families across Toronto.

We offer a competitive salary, employer paid benefits, ongoing training, and career development opportunities!

Lumenus Community

Services is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free and we encourage applications from all individuals including, but not limited to, all cultures, religions, racialized communities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.

Lumenus Community

Services is looking to hire Respite Support Workers as part of its Urgent Response Service team. This team will support children and youth with autism and their families with an identified urgent need to prevent further escalation of risk or harm to a child or youth, other people or property based on the identification of key high-risk factors.

The Respite Support

Worker staff works directly with children and /or youth with significant needs and challenges affecting social, emotional, behavioral, communicative and/or developmental functioning.

Respite Support

Worker staff have skills in developing solid, positive, reinforcing relationships with clients. They provide direct care, coaching, instruction, direction and redirection for a range of daily challenges and problems within the home, community or center-based setting.



Supports the generalization and maintenance of therapeutic interventions based on the intention of the program and the needs of the client Support Children, youth with ASD and complex needs with recreational and individualized goals Manages challenging behaviour through interventions guided by standardized training (SMG or NVCPI) Facilitates daily planning of program operations and participates fully in daily activities, some of which may consist of physical activity Participates in the daily planning in the programming for the structured setting (in home or community) Supports team members in program coverage during their scheduled breaks Engage clients in recreational activities (where age appropriate) and or physical activity as part of program Ensure adequate materials are available and ready for use with each shift Participates in program planning and ensuring safe coverage for the program College Diploma in ECE, CYC, SSW, DSW or equivalent with experience in supporting children/ youth with ASD in community and home settings (e.g.

Live in care, classroom etc.) Understanding of Behaviour and principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis Program goals incorporate the agency’s initiatives to address anti-black racism and employees use an anti-oppression and equity lens in working with each other and with clients and their caregivers/parents Knowledge of the social service systems and ASD in the GTA Engage in physical activities with clients Involved in the direct care with clients, which could include toileting, dressing, feeding/eating Availability to work evenings and weekends Access to reliable transportation to travel to various work sites within the GTA

📌 Support Worker (Casual/Full-Time/Part-Time) (Toronto)
🏢 Lumenus Community Services
📍 Toronto