home-care worker
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Non-smoking.
- Work setting: Rural area.
- Work in employer's/client's home.
- Willing to relocate.
- Employer's home.
Tasks:
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Administer medications.
- 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.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Cook.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Punctuality.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- 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?.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
Supports for visible minorities:
Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.