Personal Care Provider - Home Care
Posted on Dec 01, 2020 by Private Household
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Location Red Deer, AB
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Earnings $19.00 hourly
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Work Hours 35 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 01, 2021
Employer
Private Household
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Weight Handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Work Setting
Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
Specific Skills
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
Target Audience
- Elderly
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
Transportation/Travel Information
Public transportation is available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Location Information
Work in employer's/client's home
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Flexibility
- Team player
- 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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