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Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Room and board provided
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Care for pets
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Change non-sterile dressings
- 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 coursesᅠ
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Target audience
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with physical disabilities
Experience with special needs children
- Assistance with mobility
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Support for persons with disabilities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
Support for Veterans
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
Support for mature workers
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers