Casual/Relief Overnight Assistant

L'Arche Comox Valley is seeking a compassionate and attentive Overnight Awake Assistant to provide temporary support in a group home setting. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong background in senior care, assisted living, or home health services. The position involves ensuring the safety and well-being of core members during overnight hours, offering a vital service to those in need of around-the-clock care. Candidates with experience in group home environments, working with individuals with disabilities, or dementia care will find this role particularly fitting. The Overnight Awake Assistant plays a crucial part in maintaining a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for core members while providing respectful and personalized assistance.

Position Summary: 

Together with other members of the house team, the Assistant is responsible for the support, care and well-being of the individuals with disabilities at the house and day-to-day life in the home. The House Assistant is an effective member of the house team, and active member of the local L’Arche community.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 

​• Build and foster a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere based on the individual characteristics and meaningful participation of all house members.

• Reviews daily journals as applicable and house communication books for all days since the last time the Overnight Awake Assistant was in the home.

• Monitors Core People during the night hours and ensure their safety. This requires that the Overnight Awake Assistant is awake and available at all times and carries a cell phone and baby monitor or buzzer at all times.

• Keeps hourly sleep observation records of Core People.

• Ensures that the physical, emotional and health care needs (including medication administration) of Core People are being met. Maintains accurate reports with regard to Core People and ensures that all documentation is correct and complete.

• Takes care of Core People’s night needs (medical, toileting, etc.) that may arise and deals with any behavioral problems. In the case of an emergency, when assistance is needed, contacts the designated House Assistant for additional support.

• Ensures that there is good written communication in daily journals and/or house communication books, as well as good verbal communication with House Assistants. Notifies the House Assistant responsible for the morning routine of any issues or problems that have arisen during the night

• Carries out directions left by the House Leader and/or House Assistants regarding specific Core People.

• Performs light housekeeping, laundry, food preparation and maintenance duties quietly, as directed by the House Leader or other designated House Assistants. Reports maintenance needs, as well as health and safety concerns in the house communication books.

• Maintains up-to date knowledge of medication administration, internal fire regulations and procedures, and other emergency procedures.

• Walk around the entire building to ensure windows and doors are kept closed at all times.

• Performs other related duties as required.

• When sick: o Call as soon as possible to inform the house. At least 24-hour-notice is preferred. o Upon returning to work, submit a “Sick Leave” request to the House Leader. o A Doctor’s note might be required