Live in a company home that is licensed to provide foster care for up to 4 children/youth.

Provide a caring and nurturing home-like workplace while taking into consideration the clients’ complex needs and trauma-based behaviours

Responsibilities

- Responsible for participating in and implementing Individual Support Plans, Crisis Management Plans and Individual Intervention Plans
- To build healthy relationships with all clients while providing supervision, care and skills coaching
- To ensure that each client’s rights are respected and maintained
- To ensure that rights and complaints posters are kept posted and accessible to the child
- To ensure that consequences and discipline are healthy, non-threatening and age appropriate
- To attend and ensure that the residents’ medical, dental, optical, legal and therapeutic/counseling needs are met as needed and recorded using the designated forms
- To use calming techniques, de-escalating techniques and crisis intervention techniques as needed
- Promoting environmental/residence safety through health boundaries, positive relationships, age appropriate rules and routines including all necessary checks and documentation





· Promote advocacy on behalf of clients and help them develop their own voice · Keep up to date and accurate records pertaining to a child’s services: child’s daily log, health related examinations, Plan of Care Report, ICMP’s, CPS documents, Safety Plans if applicable, clothing inventory, allowance tracking and file records in the child’s binder.

· Keep accurate monthly financial records as they pertain to a child’s quality of service: groceries, allowance, clothing, recreational activities, special events such as but not limited to: birthday gift, Christmas gift and graduations.

· Attend training on topics related to or matters related to the well-being of the children served.

Qualifications

· Must be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident and have Post secondary education in human services field

· Medical examination and immunization records

· Criminal reference check (BRC) and vulnerable sector check

· First Aid and CPR certification

· Successful reference checks and driver’s abstract

Once all qualifications are submitted, a Homestudy will be competed according to the Ministry's licensing standards in order prior to offer the successful candidate a contract.

📌 Foster Parents (Ontario)
🏢 Storey Homes
📍 Ontario