attendant for persons with disabilities - home care
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma. Early childhood education and teaching. or equivalent experience.
Asset languages:
Spanish; Castilian.
Work site environment:
Non-smoking.
Work setting:
Employer's home.
Tasks:
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool).
- 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.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Cook.
- Drive employers (including family members) to and from destination.
- Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents.
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents.
- Help children with homework.
- Develop individualized education and intervention plans based on special needs of client to facilitate their readaptation and independence objectives.
- Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children.
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings.
- Synthesize the overall situation of the children and communicate the information to the parents.
- Follow parents' lead with toilet training .
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
Target audience:
- Persons with a disability.
- Persons with an intellectual disability.
- School age (6 - 12 years).
Work experience with special needs students:
- Children with an intellectual disability.
- Assistance with lifting students.
- Assistance with communication.
Experience with special needs children:
- Assistance with mobility.
- Children with behavioural issues.
- Autistic children.
- Children with learning disabilities.
- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD).
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Reference required.
Transportation/travel information:
Valid driver's licence.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Walking.
- Bicycling.
Weight handling:
Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 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?.
- 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)?.
Experience:
1 to less than 7 months.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Other benefits:
Free parking available.