home support worker
GEORGE ZOUZOULAS RESIDENT
Date: 2 days ago
City: Ottawa, Ontario
Salary:
CA$20.34
per hour
Contract type: Full time
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- 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
- Collect specimens
- Feed or assist in feeding
- 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
Target audience
- Elderly
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- 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
Other benefits
- Parking available
- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
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