Employment Requirements
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate is required.
- Experience: On-the-job training will be fully provided. Candidates with 0 to 6 months of experience are welcome to apply.
- Certificates/Licenses (Optional but recommended): First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, or training program in care of persons with disabilities.
- Security & Safety: Criminal record check, Vulnerable sector check.
Job Duties (NOC 44101 & Disability Support Focused)
- Provide specialized personal care, bedside care, and companionship for adult clients with varying physical or intellectual disabilities in their private residences.
- Assist clients with daily living activities, including safe transfers, ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing or undressing.
- Plan, prepare, and serve nutritious meals and special diets customized to the clients' dietary plans, and assist with feeding as required.
- Perform routine health-related duties under the general direction of an agency supervisor or community health nurse, such as assisting with the self-administration of oral medications and monitoring vital signs.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary living environment by performing light housekeeping duties, including laundry, washing dishes, and making beds.
- Document and report daily observations, behavioral changes, or shifts in the client’s physical and mental well-being directly to the home care agency clinical supervisor.
Work Conditions & Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment with repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding, including a combination of sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, and kneeling.
- Weight handling may require lifting up to 23 kg (50 lbs).