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Personal Support Aide - Home Aide
Employer
Marilyn GermaineDate Posted
October 15, 2024Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $20.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 10 to 15 hours per week
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Position Permanent Part Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Nov 14, 2024
Employer
Marilyn Germaine
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
Non-smoking
Work setting
- Urban area
- Work in employer's/client's home
Tasks
- Care for pets
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Collect specimens
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Target audience
- Adults
- Females
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with physical disabilities
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- Driver's validity licence check
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
Weight handling
Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 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?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
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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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