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Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Andrew Jantzen Full time

**This is NOT an agency. I am an individual seeking a personal support worker as soon as possible to join my team of ~7 staff. I am a 35 year old queer, trans, power wheelchair user with a g-tube who lives independently.**

**No experience or certifications in the field are required, but Applications without responses to all the Questions through Indeed will NOT be accepted.**

**Looking for someone who can fill 2 morning shifts on a regular basis as soon as possible, including Saturdays and Sundays.**
**Shifts are typically 9 am - 3/4 pm**

**Availability to fill in for afternoons and morning is an asset. 2:30-5:30 pm, or 5 - 10:30 pm.**

Retention bonus of an average 2 weeks pay after 3 months

**MUST BE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN HALIFAX/ HRM**
- Do you enjoy cooking, doing handy things, and keeping environments clean/tidy? Do you have strong communication skills, can follow directions, and take initiative in managing aspects of a home? Looking for flexible and accommodating work?_
- **Starting mid/end-September for approximately 12 hours/ week**_. Additional availability is an asset. Includes weekends and holidays. Exact times vary with my personal, medical, and work schedules._

**Submit answers to the following questions along with your resume.**

Q: How does your experience (work, volunteer, or life experience) makes you a good fit for this position?

Q: What is your experience with disability community or issues?

Q: What is your experience/ familiarity with queer and trans community or topics?
- **Description**_

This position is a support role for me (Andrew, the employer) to go about my daily life as a disabled person. It is important that the person in this role sees themselves as taking on a supportive, client-centered approach, (taking my lead) rather than “care-giving” and has a willingness to learn. No experience in personal support work required. On-the-job training will be provided by the employer.

This position is great for people who can work somewhat flex hours, enjoy working one-on-one, and want to be a part of building a culture of community and inclusion for people with disabilities.

**Location**: Green St, South end Halifax

**Responsibilities**:

- Tube feeding preparation and supporting with in cooking and baking (gluten and dairy free). _This is one of my passions and will include helping with a food blog_
- Accompaniment on trips outside the home for appointments and errands (i.e. grocery shopping) by carshare or access-a-bus. _Want to go to movies, shows, the beach, parks, etc while you work?_
- General house cleaning, organization, and laundry. _Do you notice and take initiative to keep spaces clean?_
- Support with positioning, transfers, physio exercises and stretching.
- Providing assistance preparing for the day and nighttime with bathing, dressing, and personal grooming. _If you've done it for yourself, that's experience_
- Administrative support
- Assisting with medication management (including crushing tablets and administering through a g tube, and also preparing medicinal marijuana for vaporizing)

**Requirements**:

- Comfortable with providing personal care, food preparation and household tasks
- Capable of light lifting (ex. laundry and groceries.)
- Valid first aid and CPR
- Up to date vaccinations
- Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check upon hiring
- Able to understand verbal and written communications
- Organized with strong time-management skills
- Reliable, dependable, and punctual
- Open to feedback and working collaboratively
- Able to balance priorities and work independently
- Positive and easy-going, with a non-institutional attitude
- Tidy
- Open to unique job-related tasks and situations
- Adaptable and able to remain calm in new situations
- Will take pride in maintaining the environment to the standard of the client
- Able to prioritize the needs of others before their own
- Comfortable asking questions and following instructions

**Assets**:

- Experience with disability community
- Experience with queer and trans community
- Comfortable cooking gluten-free and dairy-free
- Experience or familiarity with feeding tubes, catheters, and medications.
- Has a passion for creating systems of organization
- Open to travel and overnight shifts for work trips. These are rare, but they may come up. If they do happen, staff do not need to be vigilantly awake but a light sleeper.
- Basic knowledge of household maintenance skills (such as sewing or putting up a shelf)
- Familiar with medicinal marijuana and vaping
- Has a driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable access to transportation

**Pay rate**: $18 + 4% vacation pay
- This position is funded through the Self-Managed Care Program. The Self-Managed Care Program is a program of the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness which provides funding to people with disabilities to hire their own personal support workers._

**Job Types**: Part-time, Casual
Part-time hours: 12 per wee

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