Personal Support Worker

111000 Extendicare (Canada) Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home health care provider in Toronto seeks a compassionate Personal Support Worker to assist patients with daily living activities. This full-time role requires a valid PSW certificate and a passion for making a difference in the community. Benefits include comprehensive health and dental plans, training programs, and flexible scheduling options. Join a dedicated team and help improve patient quality of life.

Benefits

Best in class training and development programs

Comprehensive health and dental benefit plans

Company paid mobile devices

Mileage compensation

Employee perks and exclusive offers

Qualifications

• Demonstrate compassion and care when interacting with patients.
• Ability to assist with activities of daily living including hygiene care.
• Preparation of nutritious meals according to care plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with skin, hair, and oral care.
• Prepare meals and provide basic housekeeping tasks.
• Provide companionship to help improve patient's quality of life.

Skills

Compassion and care

Reliability and flexibility

Proficiency in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese

Education

Valid PSW Certificate

Job description

Overview

As an integral part of the home and community care team, you will support, encourage and provide independence for patients in their homes and community setting by assisting with activities of daily living.

Time Type

Full time

Why you’ll love working here

• Best in class training and development programs
• Celebration and Recognition programs
• Part time and Full-time opportunities and flexible scheduling options
• Comprehensive health and dental benefit plans
• Company paid mobile devices
• Mileage compensation
• Employee perks and exclusive offers

What you’ll do

• Assist patients with activities of daily living including skin, hair, and oral care along with bathing, toileting, and peri-care
• Prepare nutritious meals and snacks, including special diets, as determined by the care plan
• Provide basic housekeeping tasks and companionship to help your patients enjoy a better quality of life

What you bring

• Valid PSW Certificate
• Ability to demonstrate compassion and care when interacting with patients
• Reliability and flexibility
• Passion for making a difference in your community
• Proficiency in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, Ukrainian, or Russian is an asset as many of our clients primarily speak one of these languages
• Clear Vulnerable Sector Screen

ParaMed is pleased to partner with the Ontario government to provide a $3 / hour wage enhancement in addition to regular earnings.

We are honored to partner with HealthForceOntario (HFO) as an approved employer for the incentive funding of $10,000 to attract and retain personal support workers (PSWs) to work in home and community care agencies. For further information, please visit: https://www.healthforceontario.ca/en/Home/All_Programs/PSW_Initiatives

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Join us as we continue our 40-year tradition to help people live better and provide the most compassionate care possible! Join a winning team and let’s succeed together!

ParaMed Home Health Care accommodates the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes upon request.

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