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Respite Worker - Home Support

Employer

Caregivers for Julius

Date Posted

October 23, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $19.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 33 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 22, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Caregivers for Julius

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Mend clothing and 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
  • Shave and trim beards and mustaches
  • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

First Aid Certificate

Target audience

  • Adults
  • Males
  • Persons with a disability
  • Persons with an intellectual disability
  • Persons with mental health disabilities

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Basic security clearance
  • Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Walking
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Punctuality
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Patience
  • Honesty
  • Energetic

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
  • Do you live near the job location?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

Will train

Financial benefits

Piece work

Support for newcomers and refugees

Does not require Canadian work experience


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Respite Worker - Home Support 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

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