Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Specialized Care & Supervision: Provide attentive, specialized care and constant supervision for a child with disabilities in a private home setting, ensuring a safe and hazard-free environment.
- Daily Living Assistance: Assist with specialized physical support for bathing, dressing, grooming, diaper changing, and maintaining personal hygiene, adapting methods to accommodate the child's disability.
- Feeding & Nutrition: Prepare nutritious meals and snacks tailored to the child's specific dietary or feeding requirements, and provide direct assistance with feeding as required.
- Mobility & Physical Support: Provide physical assistance with movement, transferring, and positioning to support the child’s physical comfort and mobility throughout the day.
- Therapeutic & Developmental Activities: Implement and organize customized, age-appropriate educational, recreational, and therapeutic play activities designed to support the child’s cognitive and physical development.
- Medication & Routine Care: Administer prescribed medications and follow specific bedside or routine healthcare routines under the direction of the parents or healthcare professionals.
- Appointment Accompaniment: Accompany the child to medical appointments, physical therapy sessions, and outdoor developmental activities as required.
- Routine Monitoring: Carefully monitor, log, and report changes in the child’s daily routines, physical health, behaviour, and sleeping/feeding schedules to the parents.
- Specialized Housekeeping: Perform light housekeeping duties strictly related to the child’s environment, including laundering specialized clothing/bedding, sanitizing play areas, and sterilizing toys, feeding equipment, or medical aids.
- Emotional & Behavioural Support: Provide emotional support, comfort, and behavioural guidance tailored to the needs of a child with a disability to ensure their overall well-being.
Additional information
Security and safety
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
Support for Veterans
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
Support for mature workers
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
Who can apply for this job?
You can apply if you are:
- a Canadian citizen
- a permanent resident of Canada
- a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
