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Provide personal care service according to directions on the established care plan or assignment sheet, and ensure that, on an ongoing basis, the emotional, spiritual, physical comfort and safety of clients are met to the greatest possible extent.
Provide personal care that is within the provincial scope of practice for a Personal Support Worker; duties may include skin care, hair care, mouth care, bathing, bowel and bladder care, positioning and movement, exercise, basic wound care, feeding including special diets, and assistance with oxygen administration and medication reminder.
Perform specialized, client specific procedures for which recognized training and current competency can be demonstrated.
Observe and document client conditions according to company standards; report unusual events or changes in the clients condition to the immediate Supervisor.
Understands and implements infection prevention practices.
Ability to work with individuals that have an acquired brain injury.
At a minimum must be available to work 3 days per week and a full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) every 4 weeks.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Specific Skills
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare, cook and serve meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Care for individuals and families
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Administer medications
- Assist clients to walk
- Aid clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Type of Clientele
- Adolescents
- Terminally ill
- Seniors
- Male
- Female
- Elderly
- Convalescent
- Children
- Persons with a mental health disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with a disability
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Various locations
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driver's validity licence check
- Tuberculosis test