home support worker
Your tasks
- Administer medications.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Mend clothing and linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
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 meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
1 year to less than 2 years.
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. Urban area. Work in employer's/client's home. Employer's home.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Walking.
Employment terms options
- Shift.
- Morning.
- On call.
- Day.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.