Program Assistant / Personal Support Worker

Title: Program Assistant / Personal Support Worker

Company: L'Arche Cape Breton
Location: River Denys, Nova Scotia
Job Type: FlexTime, FullTime

Description:

L'Arche Cape Breton is looking for an Assistant for their Day Program starting on August 20th, 2026. The schedule is 4 days a week from 8:30am-3:30pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with a duration of 3 months, renewable. The ideal candidate will provide compassionate support in a community setting, develop meaningful relationships, and gain valuable life skills and personal growth opportunities.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop positive relationships with core members

Collaborate with team members to meet various needs

Help manage the Ark Store

Provide personal care

Able to lift up to 44 lbs and stand for extended periods

Confident with cash handling and cleaning tasks

Qualities of a Successful Applicant:

Understand and model L'Arche core values

Be flexible and manage multiple responsibilities

Remain calm and focused in crisis situations

Collaborative, creative, and able to follow through on commitments

Open to learning and giving/receiving feedback

Address tensions in relationships directly

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $20.56 per hour

Benefits: Dental care, Extended health care, On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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Title: Program Assistant / Personal Support Worker
Company: L'Arche Cape Breton
Location: River Denys, Nova Scotia
Position: Assistant for a L'Arche Cape Breton Day Program

Start Date: August 20th, 2026

Schedule: 4 days per week 8:30am3:30pm, (Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays/Saturdays)

Duration: 3 months (renewable)

L'Arche Cape Breton is seeking a compassionate individual who will provide support in one of our Day Programs. Successful applicants will belong to a community setting, provide focused and caring support, and develop meaningful relationships. Assistants gain valuable life skills and opportunities for personal growth and leadership. More than a job, the L'Arche Assistant role offers an exceptional and life changing adventure in friendship and selfdiscovery.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

· Develop a positive, supportive and mutual relationship with core member through sharing daily life together, which respects their history, choices, goals and needs.

· Collaborate with team members to ensure that all physical, emotional, spiritual, vocational, recreational, health and safety needs are met while maximizing their choices and participation in the decisions affecting their lives.

· Help members of the program fulfill the mission of the community and the specific mandate of the program, specifically helping with managing our Ark Store by greeting customers, doing cash, and managing store items.

· Provide personal care as needed.

· Able to occasionally lift, carry, push and pull up to 44 lbs (20 kg), as required, and able to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday, including walking up to 3 km per day as required.

· Confidence with cash and cash register an asset. Cleaning, housekeeping and driving as required.

Qualities of a Successful Applicant:

· To understand and model L'Arche core values while engaging in all responsibilities associated with their role.

· Ability to be flexible and manage the challenge of multifaceted responsibilities and relationships.

· Ability to remain calm, focused and clear in times of crisis.

· Ability to be collaborative, think creatively, take direction and followthrough on commitments in a timely fashion.

· Open to learn and grow; able to give and receive feedback.

· Ability to directly address tensions in relationships.

Job Types: Fulltime, Permanent

Pay: From $20.56 per hour

Benefits:

Dental care
 Extended health care
 Onsite parking

Work Location: In person

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