Job Description
This position requires a candidate with an Other trades certificate or diploma. Experience is considered an asset. Fluency in Hindi, Chinese, and Tagalog is preferred.
Work Setting
- Work in employer's / client's home
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients in water activities (e.g., pool)
- Assist clients with bathing and personal hygiene
- Assist with regular exercise, such as walking
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
Certificates, Licences, and Courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
- Experience with persons with Alzheimer's disease, adolescents, adults, elderly, persons with disabilities (including intellectual, mental health, physical disabilities), and terminally ill individuals
Experience with Special Needs Children
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
Transportation / Travel
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal Suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Legal ability to work in Canada
- Previous experience in this field
Other Benefits
- Free parking available
- Variable or compressed work week