Company Overview
Qualicare Homecare is looking for compassionate, caring, and reliable individuals to join our family as Personal Support Workers/Caregivers. As a Personal Support Worker, you will not only be looking after clients, but you will also be part of an amazing team that promotes a culture of recognition, appreciation, respect, leadership, learning, and ongoing support.
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Job Details:
We are looking for a Personal Support Worker to provide 4-hour shifts for our client, 3-4 times a week.
- Tuesday and Thursday: 1pm - 5pm
- Saturday and Sunday: 11am - 3pm
- This role can have more hours and days added to it.
- Ongoing opportunity with the ability to pick up additional shifts.
- Flexible working hours.
Job Summary:
The Personal Support Worker/Caregiver is a member of the home care team who works under the supervision of the Care Coordinator and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the client’s needs.
Responsibilities:
- Meal preparation
- Housekeeping
- Accompany clients on outings
- Shopping and errands
- Medication reminders
- Ambulation and transporting of clients
- Provide companionship to clients
- Ability to follow a care plan
- Documentation/charting
Qualifications:
- Personal Support Worker Certificate or equivalent (e.g., foreign-trained nurse, nursing student after one year of completing the program).
- Current CPR/First Aid training.
- Current Police Record Check or Vulnerable Sector Screen or be willing to obtain one.
- Negative TB skin test or chest x-ray.
- Access to the internet/mobile phone.
- Great support and teamwork.
- Dementia/Alzheimer's experience.
- Reliable and experienced.