family caregiver
Education:
Bachelor's degree.
Work setting:
Urban area. Work in employer's/client's home. 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.
- Launder clothing and household 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.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
Target audience:
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elderly.
- Persons with an intellectual disability.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
Cuisine specialties:
Korean.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Reference required.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Walking.
- Work under pressure.
Weight handling:
Between 61 and 80 kg (133-176 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Other benefits:
Free parking available.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).