attendant for persons with disabilities - home care
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
Non-smoking.
Work setting:
Work in employer's/client's home.
Relocation costs not covered by employer.
Willing to relocate.
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.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- 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?.
Employment terms options:
Early morning.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Other benefits:
Free parking available.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) . Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
Support for youths:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Indigenous people:
Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations .
Support for mature workers:
Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).