home support worker

Saroj Aggarwal; Toronto; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Toronto is seeking a compassionate caregiver to provide essential personal care and assistance to clients, including meal preparation and personal hygiene support. Ideal candidates should have a secondary school diploma and 1-2 years of caregiving experience, demonstrating reliability, flexibility, and strong interpersonal skills. Join us to create a positive impact on the lives of those in need of support.

Benefits

Diversity training

Flexibility in work environment

Qualifications

• 1 year to less than 2 years of experience in caregiving.
• Able to assist with personal hygiene, feeding, and household tasks.

Responsibilities

• Administer bedside and personal care.
• Assist clients with bathing and personal hygiene.
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals.

Skills

Client focus

Punctuality

Organized

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Demonstrate infant care to new parents
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Mend clothing and linens
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus
• Provide companionship
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Cook
• Persons with Alzheimer's disease
• Elderly

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities