About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. 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.
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk.
- Change non-sterile dressings.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Mend clothing and linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
- Target audience: Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elderly.
- Persons with a disability.
- Terminally ill.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Employment terms options: Night.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Overtime available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Does not require Canadian work experience.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Veterans: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans . Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers . Supports for visible minorities: Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.