Personal Support Worker

Personal Support Worker

St. Mary’s Health

• Number of Openings : 1
• Division : St. Mary’s Health
• Full / Part Time / Casual : FullTime
• Program : St. Mary’s Health
• Regular / Temporary : Regular
• Location : Kitchener
• Union : SEIU
• Hours of Work : Days (8am-4pm / 12-8) – weekend rotation – approx. 75 hours bi‑weekly
• Wages : SEIU Union Wage Grid – $19.33 per hour
• French Language Skill Requirement : N / A
• This posting is for a current vacancy.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Personal Support Workers – Hospital at Home Waterloo Wellington Program (PSW‑HHWW) enhance the quality of life of SJHC clients by providing quality and compassionate care in the form of personal care assistance, medication reminders, physical and cognitive support and home keeping assistance. PSW‑HHWW significantly assists in enabling individuals to live in a safe and healthy manner after being discharged from hospital, and provides support with the Daily Activities of Living.

The PSW‑HHWW works cooperatively with the program Director, Managers, Clinical Educators, Program Assistants and other multi discipline care givers in providing quality client‑centered care. PSW‑HHWW adheres to daily care schedules and overall care plans.

Clients have recently been discharged from hospital and require more support in the daily management of their own care needs, as well as with the daily living activities, for a short period of time. In some instances, the PSW may have enhanced learning and Skills Transfer opportunities in order to provide care to a certain client population.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assisting clients with daily personal care activities, in keeping with their individual care plan

Assisting clients with daily housekeeping activities, in keeping with their individual care plan

Assisting clients in daily activities which maintain adequate levels of mental / physical health and safety, in keeping with their individual care plan

Performs daily work in keeping with the established program procedures, processes and expectations

CORE COMPENTENCIES

Regularly demonstrates our mission, vision and values :

QUALIFICATIONS

St. Joseph’s Home Care is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equity, inclusiveness, and diversity across all our programs, practices, facilities, and team. AI is not used in our recruitment processes for the selection of candidates.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, such as alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms, please inform the hiring manager before your interview. Should you wish to conduct your interview in French, kindly contact our head office to arrange this in advance.

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