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Personal Care Provider - Home Care
Employer
Janet FalkDate Posted
May 02, 2022Languages
English-
Location Leslieville, AB
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Earnings $18.81 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 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 Jun 18, 2022
Employer
Janet Falk
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
- Nursing, Other
- or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
First Aid Certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Additional Skills
Care for pets
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
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Mend clothing and linens
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Collect specimens
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Administer medications
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Target Audience
- Elderly
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
Security and Safety
- Immunization records
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
Work Site Environment
Non-smoking
Transportation/Travel Information
Public transportation is not available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
- Rural area
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Staff accommodation available
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Excellent oral communication
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Organized
Other benefits
Free parking available
Screening questions
- What is your current level of study?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Do you have education in this field of employment?
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.
Interest Codes
- 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
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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