Home Care Attendant

**Requisition ID**:362737

**Competition**: SS-24-624

**Position Number**:819-715353025-HCA-12

**Posting End Date**:Open Until Filled

**City**:Morden/Winkler

**Employer**: Southern Health-Santé Sud

**Site**:Southern Health-Santé Sud - Home Care Services - Morden/Winkler

**Department / Unit**:Home Care Services

**Job Stream**:Clinical Support

**Union**:CUPE

**Anticipated Start Date - End Date**:To be determined** - **Indefinite

**Reason for Term**:Other

**FTE**: 1.0

**Anticipated Shift**: Days/Evenings/Weekends

**Daily Hours Worked**:8.0

**Wage Rate**:As per CUPE Community Collective Agreement

**Term Condition (if applicable)**: For CUPE: The employee occupying this indefinite term position shall receive notice equivalent to the amount of notice the employee returning from leave provides the Employer.

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

**Position Summary**:
Under the direction of the Home Care Resource Coordinator, the Home Care Attendant (HCA) functions as a member of the Home Care team and is responsible for the provision of personal care and home support services to an individual or group of home care clients as assigned. As identified by an established plan of care, the HCA provides paraprofessional services to assist frail, physically disabled, and/or mentally challenged clients of all ages to remain in their own homes as long as safely possible.

The incumbent will exercise the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12 education required
- Home Care Attendant Certificate or Health Care Aide Certificate with community component from a recognized post-secondary institute
- Knowledge of Safe Food Handling
- Previous experience working with the elderly or disabled in a community setting is preferred
- Previous experience working in a home care program is an asset
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums
- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job
- Good work and attendance record

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Completes and maintains a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check, as appropriate.
- All Health Care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud policy.
- Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.00.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.