home support worker

Nikoniko Home Care; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking a personal care assistant to help clients with daily activities such as bathing, meal preparation, and companionship. The role requires a high school graduation certificate and offers unique opportunities for training tailored to youth and cultural competency. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and be available for shift work.

Benefits

On-the-job training

Cultural competency training

Support for newcomers and refugees

Supports for visible minorities

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 months experience in personal care.
• Requires high school graduation certificate.
• Ability to communicate in Japanese is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with bathing and personal hygiene.
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
• Provide companionship and assist in regular exercise.

Skills

Japanese

Client focus

Interpersonal skills

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : 7 months to less than 1 year
• Japanese

Work setting

• Various locations
• Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide companionship
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Elderly
• Persons with a disability

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Workplace information

• On the road job

Support for newcomers and refugees

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)