home support worker

Hyuntae Yim; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring personal support service in Toronto, Ontario is looking for a dedicated caregiver to provide personal care and companionship to clients. Responsibilities include administering medications, assisting with hygiene, and preparing meals. Ideal candidates should have a secondary school diploma and demonstrate punctuality and effective interpersonal skills. This is a permanent position requiring 30 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Must be able to assist in bathing and personal hygiene.
• Administer medications and provide bedside care.
• Must demonstrate punctuality and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Administer bedside and personal care to clients.
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
• Provide companionship and assist clients with regular exercise.

Skills

Client focus

Dependability

Patience

Efficient interpersonal skills

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Employer'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
• Change non-sterile dressings
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Patience

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Support for newcomers and refugees

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

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 30 hours per week