Home Support Worker

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Urban area
- Work in employer's/client's home
Tasks
- Care for pets
- 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 companionship
- Provide personal care
Student status
- Full time enrollment
- Part time enrollment
Security and safety
- Reference required
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
- Driver's abstract
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- On call
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Other benefits
- Free parking available