home support worker

Christopher J. Ong; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care service provider in Vancouver is seeking a temporary caregiver to assist elderly clients with daily activities, including personal hygiene, meal preparation, and companionship. Applicants must have a secondary school graduation certificate, CPR and First Aid certification, and demonstrate reliability and client focus.

Qualifications

• Experience with personal care for elderly clients is required.
• Ability to administer medications and provide companionship.
• Knowledge of meal preparation and cooking.

Responsibilities

• Administer medications to clients.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene and daily tasks.
• Prepare nutritious meals and plan dietary needs.

Skills

Client focus

Dependability

Flexibility

Initiative

Reliability

Patience

Honesty

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

CPR Certificate

First Aid Certificate

Job description

• Work Term: Temporary
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

• Administer medications
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• 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
• Provide personal care
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Cook

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Target audience

• Elderly

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Reliability
• Patience
• Honesty

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example : ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides visual accessibility accommodations (for example : braille, screen readers, etc.)

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and / or refugees
• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Support for Veterans

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers
• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)