home support worker
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience.
Asset languages:
Filipino; Pilipino.
Work setting:
Work in employer's/client'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.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
Personal Support Worker Certificate.
Target audience:
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Adults.
- Elderly.
- Females.
- Persons with an intellectual disability.
- Persons with mental health disabilities.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Vulnerable sector check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Walking.
- Ability to work independently.
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?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- 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)?.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).