Home Care Worker 1.0 Days

**About the Company**:
In alignment with Main Street Project’s strategic plan, Home Care Services fulfills our objective to increase support for those exiting homelessness. MSP Home Care Service employees ensure that participants who are transitioning out of homelessness live with dignity and are supported in improving their health and well-being.

In collaboration with the WRHA Home Care Case Coordinator, cases are assigned to MSP Home Care Workers. MSP Home Care Service workers will collaborate with other MSP team members including Program Area Support Workers, Caseworkers, and Health Professionals, as well as external partners including Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services and the WRHA to provide excellence in care to MSP participants.

This position will work throughout MSP Housing Services offering personal care grounded in and guided by the ethics and approaches of Trauma Informed Care, Harm Reduction, and Anti-Oppression.

**General Duties**:

- Promotes and assists participants in maintaining activities of daily living and select instrumental activities of daily living (ADL and select IADL) and by Home Care operational directives/guidelines/protocols.
- Organizes work according to participant needs and assigned tasks.
- Responds to the physical and emotional needs of participants.
- Provides relevant participant information to the Housing Services team to assist in care planning.
- With additional education and in accordance with regional policies/operational directives/procedures on assignment and delegation, may be assigned the following participant care tasks:

- Medication Assistance (oral medications, suppositories, topical medications, transdermal medications, inhaled medications, eye drops/ointments, ear/nose medications, subcutaneous injections).
- Enteral feeding (via a pump and gravity).
- Blood Glucose Monitoring Ostomy Care
- Adjusting oxygen flow rates.

**Communication**:
- Responds appropriately to inquiries, relays messages, and initiates appropriate action as directed- Provides written and verbal reports and records participant care provided and changes observed as directed.- Establishes and fosters positive interactions and relationships with participants, families, and other members of the healthcare team.- Reports and records occurrences per program policies- Submits completed timesheets and other required documentation

**Quality Improvement**:
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- Participates in quality improvement activities as requested.- Participates in meetings and teams as assigned.- Performs in a manner that reflects the values of trust, compassion, and exceptional service in all interactions with patients/participants/family, members of the healthcare team, and the public.
**Qualifications**- Minimum Grade 10 education, Manitoba standards, required.- Successful completion of a recognized Health Care Aide course is required.- Recent and related patient and/or participant care experience preferred
- Information and/or training will be provided within the probation period for the following:

- Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) and Principles of Routine Practices (Universal Precautions).
- Regional and Program policies and procedures.
- Roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team.
- General skills and ability to perform all tasks and responsibilities relevant to the duties of the position.
- Ability to organize and prioritize assigned workload.
- Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
- Effective English verbal and written communication skills.
- Preference will be given to those applicants competent in an Aboriginal language and/or knowledge in Aboriginal customs, traditions, and values.