personal support worker - home support

The Care Company Inc.
East York, ON, CA
$24 an hour
Full-time
  • Work Term : Casual
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Experience : Experience an asset
  • or equivalent experience

Asset languages

Tagalog

Work site environment

Non-smoking

Work setting

Various locations

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
  • 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
  • Health Care Aide Certificate
  • Personal Support Worker Certificate

Target audience

  • Persons with Alzheimer's disease
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Elderly
  • Infant (3 months - 11 months)
  • Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
  • Persons with a disability
  • Persons with an intellectual disability
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Persons with physical disabilities
  • School age (6 - 12 years)
  • Terminally ill
  • Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
  • Young adults

Experience with special needs children

Assistance with mobility

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Punctuality
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Patience
  • Honesty

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
  • Learning / training paid by employer
  • Team building opportunities
  • Wellness program

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Indigenous people

Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

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.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
  • 6 days ago
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