home support worker
Your tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Cook.
Assistance with mobility.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Certificate of Conduct.
- First Aid Certificate.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
Security and safety Criminal record check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
Personal suitability
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
1 year to less than 2 years.
What we offer
Health benefits Health care plan.
Financial benefits Bonus.
Other benefits
- Free parking available.
- Other benefits.
- Subsidised public transportation.
- Transportation provided by employer.
How to apply
- 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?.
Other
Work site environment Non-smoking.
Work setting Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment. Work in employer's/client's home. Relocation costs covered by employer. Employer's home.
Target audience
- Males.
- Over 12 years.
- Persons with a disability.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
- Young adults.
Employment terms options
- Evening.
Employment terms options
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Night.
- On call.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
Support for persons with disabilities Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- 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.
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- 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 .
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.