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Disability Support Worker

Northbridge Home Care·Halifax, Nova Scotia·CA$43,000 - CA$57,000

Job details

Pay: CA$43,000 - CA$57,000
Job type: Full-time
Location type: Hybrid
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Full job description

Looking for a Disability Support Worker to join our team in Halifax.

About Northbridge Home Care

Northbridge Home Care is an established home care and senior living company with 37 locations spanning Atlantic Canada. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Fredericton, our team of caregivers and support workers serves customers across the region with the structure of a larger operator and the local presence of an independent.

About the role

You'll support people with disabilities to live as independently and fully as possible. Day to day you'll assist with personal care, meals, medication reminders, and household routines, support participation in community activities, work, and appointments, and follow individual support plans while respecting each person's choices. You'll document care notes, communicate changes to the team and families, and respond calmly to behavioural or medical situations as they arise.

What you'll bring

You bring patience, respect, and a genuine belief in the dignity and autonomy of the people you support. You're dependable across shifts, physically able to assist with transfers, and calm under pressure. First aid certification and a clear vulnerable sector check are typically required.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We respond to everyone we shortlist.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience or training in disability support, personal care, or a related human services field
  • Current first aid and CPR certification (or willingness to obtain)
  • Clear vulnerable sector check
  • Eligibility to work in Canada

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and EAP benefits
  • Hybrid scheduling for documentation-heavy weeks
  • Trauma-informed-care peer-support program
  • Continuing-education funding for advanced specialist credentials

Posted on May 1, 2026

Expires on October 28, 2026

Job ID: 4baf5070-67f7-48ba-9d19-7d4673e5c333