About this role
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year. Foods, nutrition and related services, other. Home health aide/home attendant.
Work setting: Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment. 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.
- 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.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
- Target audience: Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Adults.
- Elderly.
- Females.
- Males.
- Persons with a disability.
- Security and safety: Vulnerable sector check.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Does not require Canadian work experience.
- 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.).
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.