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Melfort group home requires a casual attendant to
care for 6 adults with intellectual and physical
disabilities. The successful candidate will be
responsible for providing personal care to
residents, housekeeping, social outings and
recreational activities in a home like atmosphere.
Must be able to work independantly as well as
collaboratively, have good written and oral
communication skills, organizational skills,
decision making ability and problem solving
skills. Applicants must be willing to work day,
evening, night or weekend shifts and be available
for call-in.
Applicants must submit a criminal record check,
have a valid class 5 drivers license with clean
drivers abstract. Related experience would be
considered an asset, but employer is also willing
to train.
This job is only open to Canadians, Permanent
residents or people in Canada under the Care Giver
Program. A criminal record check including a
vulnerable persons child abuse registry check must
accompany all applications.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Additional Skills
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens
Specific Skills
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Lift, turn or massage patients
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Sound discrimination
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Driving record check (abstract)