About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: Non-smoking. Work setting: Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment. Urban area. Employer's home.
Tasks
- 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.
- 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.
- Cook.
- Target audience: Elderly.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
- Young adults.
- Cuisine specialties: South Indian.
- Security and safety: Reference required.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Weight handling: Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Overtime required.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- 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 social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) . Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees . Does not require Canadian work experience.
- Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- 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 . Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.