About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
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.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- 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 : Personal Support Worker Certificate.
- Target audience: Persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elderly.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
- Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.