Support Worker

**Seeking personal support worker. (**No experience or certifications in the field are required.)**

**Starting mid October, Sunday evening shifts (6 - 10:30 pm)**

**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 as soon as available for 4.5 hours/ week_**_. (1 shift per week guaranteed.) Additional availability is an asset._
- Shifts are approximately 8:30 AM- 2:30 PM and 6 PM - 10:30 PM. Includes weekends and holidays. Exact times vary with my personal, medical, and work schedules. _

**Please submit answers to the following questions (or a cover letter) 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**: 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 (up to 50 lbs.)
- Valid first aid and CPR
- Up to date vaccinations
- Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check upon hiring
- Tidy
- Calm in a crisis
- Reliable, dependable, and punctual
- Open to feedback and working collaboratively
- Able to balance priorities and work independently
- Organized with strong time-management skills
- Positive and easy-going, with a non-institutional attitude
- Open to unique job-related tasks and situations
- Able to understand verbal and written communications
- 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
- Has a driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable access to transportation

**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

**Pay rate**: $17 + 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: 4.5-9 per week

**Salary**: $17.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 4 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Retention bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff must wear masks while at work. The majority of work occurs in environments with only Andrew and one staff.

Application question(s):

- What experience do you have with queer and/or trans community or issues?
- What is your experience with disability issues and /or community?
- Why are