Personal support worker – home support

Preferred Personal Care is located at Thomasburg, ON. The company is currently looking for applications for the role of Personal support worker – home support. We are in search of a self-disciplined individual with outstanding interpersonal skills. The selected applicant will be required to join and take their responsibilities at the earliest. The open positions are for Permanent employment or Part time job. The timings of shifts may be Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Early Morning and Morning.

Employer Name: Preferred Personal Care
Position: Personal support worker – home support
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $18.50 hourly / 12 to 25 hours bi-weekly
Employment type: Permanent employment, Part time
Location: Thomasburg, ON

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Hiring: Personal support worker – home support

Job Description

• The candidate will be responsible for caring for pets.
• The candidate must provide bedside and personal care.
• The candidate will be responsible for assisting clients with bathing and other personal hygiene activities.
• The candidate will be expected to assist in regular exercise, such as walking.
• The candidate must change non-sterile dressings.
• The candidate will have to collect specimens.
• The candidate must feed or assist in feeding.
• The candidate must launder clothing and household linens.
• The candidate must perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
• The candidate must plan therapeutic diets and menus.
• The candidate must provide companionship.
• The candidate must provide personal care.
• The candidate must go shopping for food and household supplies.
• The candidate must prepare and serve healthy meals.
• The candidate will be responsible for cooking.
• The candidate will be responsible for transporting patients to hospitals or other medical facilities for further medical care.
• The candidate will be responsible for skin care.
• The candidate will be responsible for shampooing customers’ hair.
• The candidate will be responsible for serving meal trays and feeding patients.
• The candidate will be responsible for preparing meals.
• The candidate must manipulate or apply pressure to various body parts, including the hands and feet.
• The candidate will be responsible for ensuring infection control.
• The candidate must examine patients’ teeth, gums, and surrounding tissue.
• The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that local health and sanitation regulations are followed.
• The candidate must drive employers (including family members) to and from the destination.
• The candidate must document and record the nature of the injuries and treatment provided.
• The candidate will be responsible for performing body care and treatments.
• The candidate will be responsible for applying and removing temporary dressings.
• The candidate must apply psychological theory and principles regarding behaviour and mental processes.
• The candidate must document and report any deviations from specifications and tolerances.
• The candidate must document work completed.
• The candidate will be responsible for light cleaning duties.
• The candidate will be responsible for providing pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care.
• The candidate must communicate with other social service agencies and healthcare providers that work with clients.
• The candidate will be responsible for assessing clients by conducting range of motion and muscle tests, and proposing treatment plans.
• The candidate will be responsible for documenting the patient’s rehabilitation progress.
• The candidate must aid in the prevention of inadequate nutrition.
• The candidate will be responsible for preparing and cooking complete meals as well as individual dishes and foods.
• The candidate must examine patients in order to assess their general physical condition.
• The candidate must assess mobility, balance, gait, and posture.
• The candidate will be responsible for documenting observations on patient specimens.
• The candidate must assess people’s physical limitations, orientation abilities, and mobility in order to establish client rehabilitation.
• The candidate must apply aseptic techniques, including sterile dressing.
• The candidate must examine the hair and scalp condition.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English language.
• The candidate must have College/CEGEP or equivalent experience in Health services/allied health/health sciences, general, Public health, or other, as a Health Aide, Home health aide/home attendant, Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide, Practical nursing, vocational nursing and nursing assistants, other.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of experience in a related industry.
• The candidate must have Core competencies for public health in Canada Course Certification, Developmental services worker (DSW) Training Certification, Geriatric Certificate, Mental health first aid Certificate, Relationship development intervention (RDI) training certification, Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course certification, CPR Certificate, First Aid Certificate and Personal Support Worker Certificate.
• The candidate must be able to handle weight of up to 9 kg (20 lbs) and between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs).
• The candidate must be punctual.
• The candidate should be client focused.
• The candidate should be dependable.
• The candidate should have effective interpersonal skills.
• The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
• The candidate should be organized and flexible in nature.
• The candidate must be capable of acting on their own initiative.
• The candidate should have good judgemental skills.
• The candidate should be reliable.
• The candidate should be a good team player.
• The candidate must have patience.
• The candidate must be honest.

Work site environment

• The work environment is smoke-free.
• Worksite environment focuses on palliative care.

Work setting

• The candidate should work from a remote location, the practice of employees doing their jobs from a location other than a central office operated by the employer.
• The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
• The candidate should work in various locations when employees are scattered across different worksites.
• The employee should be able to work in the employer’s/client’s home, have the ability to work at various site locations, and the specific period of progression is the annual review.
• The candidate’s relocation costs should not be covered by the employer; if the company does not provide a relocation package, you may request an advance on your earnings to cover some of your moving expenses.
• The candidate must work for a local or regional organization, a medical or health-related organization, a community-based or local organization, a retirement home, a residential or client’s home, a chronic or long-term care facility or centre, a home care and visiting care agency, or a long-term care facility.
• The candidate should work in a healthcare institution, facility, or clinic that provides health care.

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• The target audience includes individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, adults, convalescents, the elderly, females, males, people with disabilities, people with intellectual disabilities, people with mental health disabilities, people with physical disabilities and those who are terminally ill.

• The candidate should be subjected to a thorough criminal background check, confidential security clearance, basic security clearance, child abuse registry check, driver’s licence validity check, tuberculosis test, adult abuse registry check and vulnerable sector check.
• The candidate must provide valid reference information.
• The candidate must be bondable.
• The candidate must have proof of immunization.

Transportation/travel information

• The candidate must have their own transportation.
• The candidate must have their own vehicle.
• The candidate must be willing to travel.
• The candidate must be willing to travel frequently.
• The candidate must have a valid driver’s licence.
• There is no access to public transportation.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.
• The candidate should be able to work in fast-paced busy environment.
• The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
• The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
• The candidate should be willing to work for long hours in sitting positions.
• The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods of time.
• The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.

Benefits

• Financial and Other benefits will be provided to the selected candidate.
• Under Financial benefits, the selected candidate will receive a Bonus, which is money given to an employee in addition to their salary as a reward for performing well.
• In addition to the Financial benefits mentioned above, the selected candidate will receive Other benefits and Team building opportunities.

How to Apply

If you wish to apply, please utilize the provided options to submit your application.

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Note

Please include the following while sending the application

• Job reference number- 2025 01 01 PSW
• Cover letter
• References attesting experience
• Letter of recommendation
• Proof of the requested certifications
• Copy of portfolio or relevant work examples
• Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
• Copy of latest school transcript
• Writing sample