home support worker

Lorenzina Agostini, Angelino Agostini; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A personal care service provider in Toronto seeks a caregiver to provide bedside and personal care to clients. Responsibilities include administering medications, assisting with personal hygiene, and planning therapeutic diets. The ideal candidate should have a secondary school certificate and be organized, punctual, and patient. The work is permanent, requiring 32 to 40 hours per week in an English-speaking environment.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months in personal care.
• Ability to assist clients with bathing and feeding.
• Knowledge of therapeutic diets and menu planning.

Responsibilities

• Administer bedside and personal care.
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus.
• Provide companionship and personal care.

Skills

Administer medications

Personal hygiene assistance

Companionship provision

Patience

Organized

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience : 1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

• Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Administer medications
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Mend clothing and linens
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Organized
• Patience
• Honesty
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 32 to 40 hours per week