mental health support worker

Position Profile: Provide direct support to families and individuals living with a cognitive disability such as FASD and/or acquired Brain Injury. Facilitate the development of basic living skills, advocacy skills, and support interdependent living or independent living based on the spectrum of the disability. Major Duties and Job Responsibilities: Work through the intake process with individuals, opening file, collecting information and determining areas of strength and challenges to support individuals and their families. Using a team approach support individuals with FASD and similar cognitive disabilities with a philosophy of building on strengths. Work with individuals and families in goal setting to reduce challenges and to promote interdependent and/or independent living. Develop and implement support plans for persons with FASD and similar cognitive disabilities. Carry out assessments of individuals on an ongoing basis to determine needs and progress. Educate and create community awareness of the necessity to put the clients needs first to support a greater equitable quality of life. Work in partnership with other vested organizations to meet the needs of individuals with FASD and similar cognitive disabilities. Provide one on one support to accomplish all the necessary activities to create stability and a personally satisfying quality of life. Promote community inclusion and interdependence for persons with FASD and similar cognitive disabilities. Support parent(s) with children in parenting skills and day to day parenting requirements. Support parent(s) with children in care. Provide supervised visits if required. Support individuals with everyday life-skills, such as shopping and budgeting. Support individuals with justice matters, attend court, or other judicial appointments with the indi