personal care provider - home care
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment:
Non-smoking.
Work setting:
Work in employer's/client's home.
Tasks:
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk.
- Change non-sterile dressings.
- Collect specimens.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Perform other duties related to personal care.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- CPR Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
Target audience:
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elderly.
- Females.
- Persons with an intellectual disability.
- Persons with mental health disabilities.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Reference required.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Work under pressure.
Weight handling:
Up to 9 kg (20 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Screening questions:
- 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)?.
Other:
Use of artificial intelligence.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees.
Support for youths:
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
Support for Indigenous people:
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.
Supports for visible minorities:
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities. Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).