Personal Care Assistant

1 week ago

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Full time
Job Title: Personal Care Assistant

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Personal Care Assistant to join our team at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. As a Personal Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting students with health-related, physical, mobility, and toileting needs.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Provide identified students with support as per strategies recommended by occupational, physical, and communication therapists.
  • Transfer and lift students, using appropriate and safe techniques and devices.
  • Provide toileting, changing, repositioning, and dressing.
  • Assist students with mobility as required.
  • Assist in the operation of specialized equipment.
  • Assist in the implementation of Student Safety Plans under the direction of the classroom Teacher and/or School Principal/ Vice-Principal.
  • Perform clean and intermittent catheterization.
  • Perform shallow and surface suctioning.
  • Provide assistance with Glucometer, Insulin Pump and other procedures related to diabetes, with training as required.
  • Provide hand over hand feeding, food preparation, deploys modified feeding tools, modeling, and monitoring for choking.
  • Administer routine medication needs as permitted under the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
  • Monitor and track the health needs of the student.
  • Utilize the strategies of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI).
  • Assist in supervision needs as required, on class trips, in the classroom, washrooms and hallways, on the yard, at lunch, during examinations, receiving and delivering students to and from transportation, in academic groups and with individuals, and on student transportation.
  • Assist with student safety issues including emergency evacuation, medical emergencies.
  • Participate as a member of the school collaborative team, acting as a resource to other staff members and take part in the discussion of students' progress and needs while maintaining confidentiality.
Qualifications:
  • One (1) year Personal Support Worker Certificate or equivalent one (1) year education.
  • Current Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCVI) Certification - Full Program.
  • Up to six (6) months related experience.
  • A police record check, with a Vulnerable Sector Search and Pardoned Sexual Offenders Database Search dated within 6 months prior to the date of hire, is a requirement for employment.
Our Commitment:

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is committed to a qualified workforce that is representative of the diversity of the people of Ontario and across the communities we serve. We welcome applications from candidates with diverse background and lived experiences as a member of a marginalized group, including but not limited to:

  • First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and all other Indigenous peoples;
  • Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin;
  • Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities;
  • Persons who identify as women;
  • Persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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