About this role
Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Non-smoking. Work setting: Room and board provided. Willing to relocate. Employer's home.
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Administer medications.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Mend clothing and linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Cook.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
- Target audience: Adults.
- Elderly.
- Females.
- Persons with a disability.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
- Security and safety: 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.
- Walking.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Dependability.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
Other benefits: Other benefits. Paid time off (volunteering or personal days). Support for newcomers and refugees: Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.). Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth. Support for Indigenous people: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers . Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.) . 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.).