Personal Support Worker

1 week ago

Bedford, Canada Comfort Keepers Halifax Full time

**Work Site Environment**:

- Non-smoking

**Work Setting**:

- Urban area

**Tasks**:

- Administer bedside and personal care
- 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)
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals

**Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses**:

- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate

**Target Audience**:

- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
- Adults
- Elderly
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Terminally ill

**Security and Safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check

**Transportation/Travel Information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Sitting
- Walking

**Weight Handling**:

- Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
- Between 81 and 100 kg (177-220 lbs)

**Personal Suitability**:

- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability

**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?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?

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