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Job Details

Personal Support Aide - Home Aide

Employer

Marilyn Germaine

Date Posted

October 15, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 10 to 15 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Part Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Nov 14, 2024
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Personal Support Aide - Home Aide 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

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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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