Live-in Caregiver

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Non-smoking
**Work setting**:

- Work in employer's/client's home
- Employer's home
**Tasks**:

- Care for pets
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Demonstrate infant care to new parents
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Mend clothing and linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
**Target audience**:

- Adolescents
- Infant (3 months - 11 months)
- Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
- Newborn (including expecting mother)
- Over 12 years
- School age (6 - 12 years)
- Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
**Security and safety**:

- Reference required
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Work under pressure
**Personal suitability**:

- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
**Experience**:

- 5 years or more
**Other benefits**:

- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)