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Personal Support Worker - Home Support
Employer
precious careDate Posted
November 25, 2024Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $18.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 16 to 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Part Time Leading to Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 25, 2024
Employer
precious care
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
- Vehicles
Work setting
Work in employer's/client's home
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Certificate
- Behaviour management Certification
- Community disability studies Certificate
- Developmental services worker (DSW) Training
- Intensive behavioural intervention Certification
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Relationship development intervention (RDI) training
- Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course
- CPR Certificate
- Certificate of Conduct
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Area of work experience
Teaching
Experience with special needs children
Assistance with mobility
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Walking
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- 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?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
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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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