Personal Support Worker - Home Support (NOC 4412)

Position Title & # Of Vacancies: Personal Support Worker – Home Support (1 Position)

Job Description and Job Duties

Home support workers provide personal care and companionship for seniors, persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. Care is provided within the client's residence, in which the home support worker may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies, private households, or they may be self-employed. Housekeepers perform housekeeping and other home management duties in private households and other non-institutional, residential settings.

Specific Skills:

Launder clothing and household linens

Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties

Provide companionship

Provide personal care

Shop for food and household supplies

Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)

Assist in administering medications; if need be

Assist in personal care

Mend clothing and linens

Prepare, cook and serve nutritious meals

Travel with employer at anywhere he wanted to go

Terms of Employment:  Permanent, Full time

Language of work: English

Wage: 18.00 per hour

Hours: 30.00 to 44.00 hours per week

Location of work: Meadow Lake, SK

Work Setting: Employer’s Home Note: Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. This is NOT a condition of employment

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Walking, Repetitive tasks, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Physically demanding

Employer’s Age: 74 years’ old     

Security and Safety: Reference required

Transportation/Travel Information: Public transportation is not available

Skills Requirements

Education

Some secondary school education; Home management experience may be required

Work Experience: Experience is an asset