Live-In Caregiver - Persons With Disabilities
Posted on Jan 05, 2021 by marie morin
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Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $2,848.00 monthly
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Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Feb 04, 2021
Employer
marie morin
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
Weight Handling
More than 100 kg (220 lbs)
Work Setting
Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
Specific Skills
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Mend clothing and linens
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- 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
Security and Safety
- Medical exam
- Immunization records
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- Vulnerable sector check
Work Site Environment
Non-smoking
Transportation/Travel Information
Willing to travel
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Room and board provided
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.
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
- 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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