aide, health care

Additional Information

• Work Term: Casual
• Work Language: English or French
• Hours: 8 to 40 hours per week
• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Various locations
• Hospital or home for the aged
• Hospital/medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home/home for the aged
• Youth drop-in centre
• Persons with an intellectual disability

Tasks

• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Provide personal care
• Provide companionship
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Administer bedside and personal care
• Administer medications
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Behaviour management Certification
• Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate
• Personal Support Worker Certificate

Target audience

• Adolescents
• Adults
• Young adults
• Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
• School age (6 - 12 years)
• Over 12 years
• Infant (3 months - 11 months)
• Elderly
• Persons with physical disabilities
• Persons with mental health disabilities
• Persons with a disability
• Females
• Males
• Persons with Alzheimer's disease

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Child welfare check
• Adult Abuse Registry check
• Reference required
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• What is your current field of study?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Pension plan