- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
Work in employer's / client's home
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Mend clothing and linens
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Work experience with special needs students
Assistance with mobility
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
- Reference required
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Weight handling
Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
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