Personal Support Worker

ParaMed Home Health Care; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A home and community care service in Toronto is seeking a Personal Support Worker to assist patients with daily living activities. Responsibilities include providing companionship, preparing meals, and ensuring patients' comfort. The ideal candidate has a Personal Support Worker Certificate and demonstrates compassion and flexibility. This position offers full-time opportunities with comprehensive benefits.

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

• Valid Personal Support Worker Certificate is required.
• Demonstrate compassion and care when interacting with patients.
• Ability to work reliably and flexibly.
• Clear Vulnerable Sector Screen.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with daily living activities.
• Prepare nutritious meals according to care plans.
• Provide companionship and basic housekeeping.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

Flexibility

Multilingual (Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian)

Education

Personal Support Worker Certificate

Job description

Job Description

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.

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

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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Time Type

Full time

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.