home support worker

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus
• Provide companionship
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
• Take children to and from school and to appointments
• Supervise and care for children
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
• Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• CPR Certificate
• Certificate of Conduct

Target audience

• Females
• Persons with a disability
• Persons with physical disabilities

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Other benefits

• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)