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Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional Skills
- Care for pets
Weight Handling
- Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
Work Setting
- Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
Specific Skills
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Target Audience
- Persons with physical disabilities
Security and Safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
- Immunization records
- Criminal record check
- Adult Abuse Registry
- Reference required
Transportation/Travel Information
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
- Rural area
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Staff accommodation provided
- Room and board provided
- Willing to relocate
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Organized