Personal Support Worker - Home Support

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Remote location
• Rural area
• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

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
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Cook

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Persons with Alzheimer's disease
• Adolescents
• Adults
• Convalescent
• Elderly
• Females
• Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
• Males
• Over 12 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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Mileage paid
• Night shift premium

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Variable or compressed work week