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Make a Lasting Impact:
Become a Home Share Provider

Are you looking for a meaningful way to contribute to your community and enrich your own life? Becoming a Home Share Provider offers a unique opportunity to do just that. By opening your home to an adult with various degrees of abilities, you provide more than just a place to live; you offer a supportive environment where they can thrive, build independence, and forge a strong sense of belonging.

What is a Home Share Provider?

A Home Share Provider is a caring and compassionate individual, couple, or family who welcomes an adult with various degrees of abilities into their home to live as part of their family. This arrangement is about creating a respectful, supportive, caring, and safe home environment. Home Share Providers offer assistance with daily living, encourage and support community involvement, and help the individual achieve their personal goals. In return, home share providers receive a generous financial compensation and the immeasurable reward of making a profound difference in someone’s life.

The Growing Need for a Place to Call Home

Across our communities, there is a significant and growing need for safe, supportive, and inclusive homes for adults with various degrees of abilities. Many individuals are seeking the opportunity to live in a family setting where they can enjoy the stability and connection that a shared home provides. By becoming a Home Share Provider, you are directly addressing this critical need and empowering someone to live a more fulfilling and independent life.

Why Choose to Be a Home Share Provider?

Beyond the satisfaction of helping someone, becoming a Home Share Provider offers a wealth of personal and practical benefits:

Profound Personal Fulfillment: Experience the joy of seeing someone flourish in a supportive and caring environment that you helped create.
Build Meaningful Connections: Develop a lasting and enriching relationship built on meaningful shared experiences.
Contribute to Your Community: Play a vital role in fostering a more inclusive and supportive community for everyone.
Financial Benefits: Receive a generous financial contribution for your invaluable support and contribution.
Flexibility and Support: Benefit from a flexible arrangement that can complement your existing lifestyle, with ongoing support from our dedicated team.

Take the Next Step

If you have a desire to make a real difference, a spare space in your home, and an open heart, we encourage you to explore the possibility of becoming a Home Share Provider. You have the power to change a life, including your own.

Insights from Our Current
Home Share Providers

"I have been a home share provider for 2 gentlemen for 40 years and 35 years. It has been very rewarding sharing our lives with them. We have probably learned as much from them as they have from us over the years. They are included in all our family activities and are very much members of our family. I am very thankful for the opportunity of sharing our home and lives with these 2 guys and helping them to have a fulfilling life." - Shelley Mackie
"I started with Osanis in March of 2017 when I decided to become a home share provider. Even though I live in Metchosin they have provided excellent service. I find Angela to be a very easy person to talk to. If I have any issues she works with me to work out a solution. Angela has been available to answer any questions I have. When we have to have our meetings she works around my schedule." - Betty Cole
"We are pleased to be home share providers as we provide stability and support as well as our home provides a safe and nurturing environment for someone less fortunate. Being a home share provider has fostered in us and our whole family a sense of understanding,patience and empathy and the acceptance of our client has broadened our whole family’s understanding of special needs individuals and the challenges they face in their everyday life." - Eunice Johnson
"Our home share has contracted with Osanis for the last few years. Angela has been a pleasure to work with. She helped make the transition from CLBC to Osanis very easy . She has always been available whenever I need anything. I know I can call her anytime if I need support. That is a good feeling." - Shelley Mackie
"I have been a home share provider for 8 years now. I find it very satisfying to be able to help someone with disabilities. If I had the room I would take another person. It is also nice that it is non taxable income." - Betty Cole
"Working with Osanis has been a pleasure for us as we have support whenever we have had a problem or a question no matter how small the problems are. They are very friendly and professional and are always willing to listen and offer solutions. They support both us as the home share providers and also the client." - Eunice Johnson

Find Your Match: Current Opportunities

Here you can find profiles of individuals in our community who are currently seeking a safe and supportive home. Could you be the right fit for them?

URGENT: Home Needed by August 1, 2025 (September 1st at the latest)

Seeking a Welcoming Self-Contained Suite for a Gentle, Independent Woman

We are looking for a special home for a kind, 60-year-old woman who is seeking a new, stable place to live after her long-term rental home was sold for redevelopment.

A Little About Her:

She is a quiet and respectful individual who has lived independently for over a decade. She enjoys her own space and manages her own cooking, cleaning, laundry, finances, and medications. She is a non-smoker and does not use cannabis or illegal substances. While she is ambulatory, she has limited mobility in one arm and leg and can be prone to falls, making a safe and accessible space essential.

The Ideal Match: At a Glance

Location: Langford & Greater Victoria (Not past Sooke or the Malahat)
Home Type: A self-contained suite or adjacent private space is required.
Support Needed: Minimal. Occasional help with hair washing and regular assistance with taking garbage and recycling to the curb.
Move-in Date: August 1, 2025 (or Sept. 1 for the perfect fit).

Our Support & Your Role

As her Home Share Provider, your primary role is to offer a safe, private space and be a supportive presence in her life. The Osanis team provides dedicated community inclusion support for her weekday mornings, so you are part of a collaborative circle of care.

Could Your Home Be the Right Fit?

Our Services

Osanis

Providing supports

Osanis Inclusion Services is contracted to provide supports and services on behalf of Community Living British Columbia (CLBC). CLBC is a crown corporation that has been given legislative responsibility for governing all services to persons with developmental disabilities in British Columbia

"My eldest adult child started with Osanis in 2015. They were already 23. It had been an unfortunate battle to get the CLBC support. It was a very exhausting time for us. Living in a different city I have learned to work well with Angela and her staff to develop the best possible relationships to support my child. My adult child can be challenging to work both medically and behaviourally and Angela constantly goes above and beyond to address the issues and include me when appropriate. The Osanis team spends more time with my child than I can, I appreciate that I am kept informed on how I can best advocate for my child’s changing needs. I simply couldn’t be the parent I want to be without Osanis’s awareness of my child’s daily issues. The ongoing challenges of our post-Covid world have made it very difficult for providers of any form of health care. Through it all Angela works extremely hard to provide what her clients need. I really appreciate Angela’s devotion to both her clients as individuals and to finding/ supporting a dedicated team." - Elaine Hampson
"As a homeshare provider and sibling of an individual who receives services, I have been with Osanis for more than 6 years and I have always felt supported and my needs acknowledged. Angela and her staff at Osanis have always been accessible whenever the need arises. I have always received a prompt response to any questions or concerns that have come up and the communication is clear and concise. I couldn't have asked for more in an agency. My brother who receives services wanted to share that Osanis is his agency and he always knows that Angela is on his team! My brother says that he likes it when Angela comes to see us and to show Angela his room. He also likes how Angela listens to him and answers his questions. Our mother also wanted to share that her experience with Osanis has been a positive one and the services they have provided for her son have always been specific to him and his needs. Our mom also noted that they approached Osanis ten years ago with hopes of finding an agency with a more individualized approach and we have never felt so seen and heard as family members. She knows Angela has been very hands on and engaged with her son and we know his needs and wishes are always heard, considered and made top priority. We can't express how relieved we were to find an agency that we know has their clients best interest at top of mind. We rest easy knowing our family member is safe, happy and well taken care of.." - Fenner Rumble
"My son is a brain injury survivor with various degrees of abilities and skills. His short term memory needs proper queuing at all times. Unique to him, he has to have supports working in tandem, to his every step. We are grateful for the support Osanis has provided to us for over 10 years, as needed support services specific to my son’s needs. Angela helped us initiate and execute our personalized plan with supportive services, maximizing independence for our son. Goals are set, in collaboration with Angela. Each set goal has been met with Osanis listening and providing seamless coverage even through Covid. I have been by my son’s, side advocating for him for 19 years. Angela listens and supports us. Never have I met someone so dedicated to her clients. She focuses on my son and has his interest at the forefront always. My son feels safe, secure, and encompassed in his care." - Cindy More
"Osanis has been a huge support to me and my daughters almost since their inception in 2012. They have a very thorough intake system taking many aspects into consideration when enlisting a client from the practical to psychological. I first came into contact with Osanis to provide services for my youngest daughter in 2012/2013. During this time, Osanis provided assistance with accessing basic necessities and other community services. My daughter’s needs were great, and I did not live in the same city to help her always myself. Osanis helped to stabilize my daughter’s daily life to be more manageable for all of us. Years later, around 2021, I called upon Osanis again as my oldest daughter needed support, and she also did not live in the same city as me. Osanis has provided workers to help my daughter access services, attending appointments, assisting with logistical barriers, and encouraging healthy living. Overall, I have found that Osanis really cares about what they do and the people they assist. I have also found them to have a high level of integrity and conscientiousness." - Tina Roys

Helping you in the best possible way that works for you

When choosing Osanis as your service provider, you access the benefits of a small organization such as fewer people to get to know and deal with, and the benefits of a large organization such as wealth of knowledge and experience.

Our main goal is to help you in the best possible way that works for you. You determine the way that you want us to help you.

CLIENT RIGHTS – Osanis is committed to interacting with each client and facilitating services in a manner that acknowledges and promotes every person’s intrinsic rights for safety, wellbeing, dignity and self-determination.

ACCOUNTABILITY – Osanis is committed to providing services in accordance with an established and recognized Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

ANTI-OPPRESSIVE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT – Osanis is committed to interacting with each client in a manner that acknowledges and respects their age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religious affiliation, place of birth, socio-economic location, level of education, abilities, political views, lifestyle and cultural practices.

CORPORATE BELIEFS – All our clients possess innate wisdom and inherent worth, have intrinsic rights for human safety, wellbeing, dignity and self-determination, have innate abilities for self-identifying their goals and have the basic right to receive skilled and qualified services.

Choices

You choose your workers in collaboration with Osanis. Ultimately, you decide which workers will support you.

You choose your service schedules in collaboration with Osanis. You let us know your preferred days and times when you want services and we let you know the best way we can accommodate your preferences.

We collaborate with you and your stakeholders to develop your ideal Osanis services plan. We collaborate with you to identify the purpose and format of your Osanis services.

You choose the priorities and goals of your services in collaboration with Osanis. You let us know the things you want to accomplish that are relevant to your services and we do everything we can to help you accomplish them.

We collaborate with you and your stakeholders to develop your ideal Osanis services plan. We collaborate with you to identify the purpose and format of your Osanis services.

You choose the activities of your services in collaboration with Osanis. You let us know the things you like to do, and we do everything we can to help you do them.

We need to have access to written information about you as well as chat with you and your stakeholders. We like to spend time with you chatting about you. When we meet with you, we like it as formal or informal as you prefer. We can meet in person, via phone or virtually. Whatever is your preference.

While your services include a budget for activities, the activities that you choose to do need to fit that budget. The budget is based on the funding we receive from CLBC about your services.

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Mailing Address

Osanis Counselling and Consulting Inc. PO Box 30083 Victoria, BC V8X 5E1

Office

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Make a Lasting Impact:
Become a Home Share Provider

Make a Lasting Impact:

Insights from Our Current
Home Share Providers

Find Your Match: Current Opportunities