Personal Support Worker

Sienna Senior Living; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Sienna Senior Living is hiring a Personal Support Worker (PSW) to provide essential care and support to residents in need. The role involves assisting with daily activities, offering emotional support, and ensuring residents' comfort and dignity. Candidates should have a PSW diploma and experience in a healthcare setting. Join our team to make a meaningful difference in the lives of elderly residents!

Qualifications

• Completion of a Personal Support Worker program from an approved institution.
• Experience working with the elderly in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to provide individualized care and exercise tact in communication.

Responsibilities

• Ensures resident-focused care and assists with daily living activities.
• Provides support for residents' cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Administers simple treatment and bedside care as necessary.

Skills

Tact and diplomacy

Cognitive support

Emotional support

Social support

Education

Personal Support Worker diploma

Job description

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The Personal Support Worker is a critical role within our communities as it impacts the lives of residents and ignites the warmth of human connection.

As a Personal Support Worker your typical day will impact the following ways:

• Ensures and promotes the provision of resident-focused care to meet the needs of residents
• Provides supervision and/or assistance to residents in the activities of daily living including eating, dressing, transferring, toileting, hygiene, grooming, and bathing as per residents’ individual plans of care to meet their needs and expectations
• Provides care and services to residents with respect to their senses and communication by encouraging residents to wear individual sensory aids such as glasses, hearing aides, etc.
• Provides cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual support
• Provides oral and dental care
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Must Haves

• Successful completion of a Personal Support Worker from an approved college or private institution meeting the standards established by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, National Association of Career Colleges, as per established provincial requirements
• Continues to grow and develop through attendance at in services, seminars, workshops, etc.
• Demonstrated working experience with the elderly in a health care setting, knowledgeable with respect to their needs
• Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering simple treatment and related bedside care to resident
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with residents, families, and visitors
• All applicants must successfully pass the prescribed Vulnerable Sector Check. Applicable to Ontario applicants.
• All applicants must successfully pass the prescribed Criminal Records Check. Applicable to British Columbia applicants.
  
  

Bonus Points For Having

• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification (BCLS) preferred
  
  

Act upon your desire to help others and Join Sienna Senior Living as we continue to enhance the lives of those we serve.

For Ontario locations, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005, upon request, support will be provided for accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process.

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• Seniority level

  Entry level

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