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Live-In Caregiver - Seniors

Employer

Private Household

Date Posted

June 16, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $21.91 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 07, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Private Household

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Provide companionship
  • Provide personal care
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Target audience

  • Adults
  • Elderly
  • Persons with a disability

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Immunization records
  • Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

Between 61 and 80 kg (133-176 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day

Other benefits

Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment

Support for Indigenous people

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people

Supports for visible minorities

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Live-In Caregiver - Seniors is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Visiting Homemakers
SOCIAL

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

Interest in compiling information to maintain client files and plan meals and special diets

objective

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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