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Personal Support Worker - Home Support
Employer
Iris ProjectDate Posted
October 16, 2026Languages
English-
Location High Prairie, AB
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Earnings $20.50 hourly
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Work Hours 2 to 44 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 Nov 06, 2026
Employer
Iris Project
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
Non-smoking
Work setting
- Remote location
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Work in employer's/client's home
- 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
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Target audience
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Convalescent
- Elderly
- Females
- Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
- Males
- Over 12 years
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- School age (6 - 12 years)
- Terminally ill
- Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
- Young adults
Experience with special needs children
Assistance with mobility
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
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?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
- On call
Experience
Experience an asset
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Workplace information
On the road job
Financial benefits
- Mileage paid
- Night shift premium
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Variable or compressed work week
Support for newcomers and refugees
Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
- Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
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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