About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting: Work in employer's/client's home.
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- 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.
- Mend clothing and linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees: Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.). Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition. Does not require Canadian work experience. Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Support for Veterans: Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) . Support for Indigenous people: Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . Support for mature workers: Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).