Family Caregiver
Posted on Feb 16, 2021 by BETTY LO
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Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $17.00 hourly
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Work Hours 44 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Mar 18, 2021
Employer
BETTY LO
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Certificate of Conduct
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Weight Handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Specific Skills
- 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
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Target Audience
- Adults
- Young adults
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with a disability
- Females
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Child abuse registry check
- Medical exam
- Drug test
- Tuberculosis test
- Criminal record check
- Adult Abuse Registry
- Reference required
- Vulnerable sector check
Work Site Environment
Non-smoking
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Location Information
Work in employer's/client's home
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Excellent oral communication
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Organized
- Punctuality
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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- SOCIAL
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Interest in serving - assisting clients by administering bedside and personal care such as aid in walking, bathing, personal hygiene and dressing and undressing; by feeding or assisting in feeding clients; and in demonstrating infant care to new parents
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to maintain client files and plan meals and special diets
- objective
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Interest in handling the preparation of meals and special diets; may perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds; may perform routine health-related duties such as change non-sterile dressings, administer medications and collect specimens under the direction of a home-care agency supervisor or nurse
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