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Personal Support Worker - Home Support
Employer
Canaan CareDate Posted
November 06, 2025Languages
Bilingual-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $21.40 to $29.80 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 5  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 31, 2025
Employer
Canaan Care
Languages
Bilingual
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Asset languages
- Swahili
- Yoruba
- Akan
Work site environment
Non-smoking
Work setting
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Target audience
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
- Adults
- Elderly
- Over 12 years
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Young adults
Experience with special needs children
Assistance with mobility
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Confidential security clearance
- Basic security clearance
- Reference required
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Sitting
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
Health benefits
Health care plan
Financial benefits
Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
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
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