Personal Support Worker - Home Support
Posted on Jan 18, 2021 by MICHAEL CHUTE
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Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $18.65 hourly
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Work Hours 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 Mar 14, 2021
Employer
MICHAEL CHUTE
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
First Aid Certificate
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Additional Skills
Care for pets
Weight Handling
Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
Specific Skills
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Launder clothing and household linens
- 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
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check
- Vulnerable sector check
Work Site Environment
Non-smoking
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Urban area
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Team player
- 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.
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- 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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