personal support worker - home support
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience.
Work site environment:
Non-smoking.
Work setting:
Various locations. 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.
- Change non-sterile dressings.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
Target audience:
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elderly.
- Persons with a disability.
- Persons with an intellectual disability.
- Persons with mental health disabilities.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Basic security clearance.
- Reference required.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Work under pressure.
Weight handling:
- Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs).
- 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.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- 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)?.
Employment terms options:
Early morning.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
Flexible hours. Morning. To be determined. Day.
Financial benefits:
As per collective agreement.
Other benefits:
Wellness program.