personal support worker - home support

personal support worker - home support

Offer parameters
AGTA Home Health Care and Nursing Inc
$19 an hour
Concord, ON, CA

Woke Type

temporary
permanent
part-time

About

  • Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Remote location
  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Work in employer's / client's home
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Administer medications
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Change non-sterile dressings
  • Collect specimens
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Plan therapeutic diets and menus
  • Provide personal care
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Target audience

  • Elderly
  • Persons with a disability
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Terminally ill

Transportation / travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

  • Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
  • Between 61 and 80 kg (133-176 lbs)

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • What is your current field of study?
  • What is your current level of study?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Workplace information

On the road job

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.)
  • Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
  • Offers workshops, counselling services or other resources to help Veterans navigate their transition into the civilian workforce (for example : adapting to different organizational structures)
  • Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
  • Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example : gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example : flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example : gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities