26-18 – Community Support Worker
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Posting Status
Open
Posting Date
April 10, 2026
Closing Date
April 23, 2026
Location:
Vancouver (east side)
Start Date
Expected Hours of Work:
Sunday (12pm-6pm)
Tuesday (12pm-6pm)
Thursday (12pm-6pm)
One Saturday each month (12pm-8pm)
Department
37
Position Status
Permanent Full-Time
Highlights
JW appreciates those who have a positive outlook and motivating attitude while being able to maintain clear personal boundaries. Best suited is someone with a patient, compassionate approach as well as clear communication; mindful of your words and actions and self-aware as well as observant of someone’s body language and unspoken communication. A motivating style and ability to bring ideas, small or large, for things to do at home and out in community. JW finds large groups overwhelming and needs her worker to be attentive to when she is becoming uncomfortable. JW Indigenous and proud of her culture. She is not interested in educating but expects anyone working with her to be respectful of her Indigenous culture. She has great humour and appreciates humour from others as well as kindness and engagement.
Duties And Responsibilities
Home support duties include: assistance with intimate hygiene routines/care including bathing, toileting, catheter care. Meal preparation. Assistance to set environmental circumstances up so that JW can transfer herself.
Pushing JW in her wheelchair when outside of the home.
Accompanying JW To Medical And Other Appointments.
Motivating and helping JW to plan activities and locate resources needed to connect to her community and her culture.
Providing companionship and support to JW to attend community outings and leisure activities outside her home.
Develop a supportive and helpful working relationship with JW with healthy personal boundaries.
Cultivate and maintain a positive engagement style with JW’s home share provider as work takes place in and from, their home.
Reports To
Program Manager
Rate Of Pay
CSW: $24.50/hour to $26.65/hour
Probation
3 months
Driving Requirement
Preferred Training or Experience:
– Participation and/or experience working with indigenous organizations and an understanding of indigenous culture, traditions and lived history.
Shared Living - AMF
Open
Posting Date
April 10, 2026
Closing Date
April 23, 2026
Location:
Vancouver (east side)
Start Date
Expected Hours of Work:
Sunday (12pm-6pm)
Tuesday (12pm-6pm)
Thursday (12pm-6pm)
One Saturday each month (12pm-8pm)
Department
37
Position Status
Permanent Full-Time
Highlights
JW appreciates those who have a positive outlook and motivating attitude while being able to maintain clear personal boundaries. Best suited is someone with a patient, compassionate approach as well as clear communication; mindful of your words and actions and self-aware as well as observant of someone’s body language and unspoken communication. A motivating style and ability to bring ideas, small or large, for things to do at home and out in community. JW finds large groups overwhelming and needs her worker to be attentive to when she is becoming uncomfortable. JW Indigenous and proud of her culture. She is not interested in educating but expects anyone working with her to be respectful of her Indigenous culture. She has great humour and appreciates humour from others as well as kindness and engagement.
Duties And Responsibilities
Home support duties include: assistance with intimate hygiene routines/care including bathing, toileting, catheter care. Meal preparation. Assistance to set environmental circumstances up so that JW can transfer herself.
Pushing JW in her wheelchair when outside of the home.
Accompanying JW To Medical And Other Appointments.
Motivating and helping JW to plan activities and locate resources needed to connect to her community and her culture.
Providing companionship and support to JW to attend community outings and leisure activities outside her home.
Develop a supportive and helpful working relationship with JW with healthy personal boundaries.
Cultivate and maintain a positive engagement style with JW’s home share provider as work takes place in and from, their home.
Reports To
Program Manager
Rate Of Pay
CSW: $24.50/hour to $26.65/hour
Probation
3 months
Driving Requirement
Preferred Training or Experience:
– Participation and/or experience working with indigenous organizations and an understanding of indigenous culture, traditions and lived history.
- Clear communication, observational and active listening skills
- Excellent critical thinking and interpersonal skills
- The ability to assist with community connecting skills and to motivate and encourage
- Experience with lifts/transfers and physically able to push a manual wheelchair
- Prior experience providing personal hygiene support/care
- Supporting People who get anxious
- Ability to motivate, encourage and engage the interests of others.
- Computer proficiency (email, Word, internet usage)
Shared Living - AMF
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Responsibilities
Provide in-home personal care, including hygiene routines, meal preparation, and assistance with transfers, as well as wheelchair support outside the home. Accompany JW to appointments and community activities, help her connect with her community and culture, and maintain supportive working relationships with JW and her home-share provider.
Requirements
The role calls for clear communication, active listening, observation, critical thinking, and the ability to motivate and support someone who may experience anxiety. Preferred experience includes Indigenous organizations and cultural understanding, personal hygiene care, lifts and transfers, and pushing a manual wheelchair; computer proficiency is also required.
Skills
- Personal Hygiene Support
- Bathing and Toileting Assistance
- Catheter Care
- Meal Preparation
- Transfers and Lift Assistance
- Manual Wheelchair Assistance
- Community Engagement
- Activity Planning
- Motivation and Encouragement
- Support for Anxiety
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Observation
- Critical Thinking
- Interpersonal Skills
- Computer Proficiency
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Social Services
- Healthcare
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Community Support
- Personal Care
- Intimate Hygiene
- Bathing
- Toileting
- Catheter Care
- Meal Preparation
- Transfers
- Lifts
- Manual Wheelchair
- Medical Appointments
- Community Outings
- Leisure Activities
- Community Connection
- Indigenous Culture
- Indigenous Organizations
- Cultural Traditions
- Lived History
- Anxiety Support
- Motivation
- Encouragement
- Active Listening
- Body Language
- Personal Boundaries
- Home Share
- Microsoft Word
- Internet Usage