Personal Support Worker

Personal Support Worker / Perm Part Time
Bradford Valley Care Community (Bradford, Ontario)

**We are Sienna Senior Living, a publicly traded company (TSX**: SIA) and one of Canada’s leading owners and operators of seniors’ residences. We offer care, support, services and housing in Retirement and Long Term Care to seniors/residents and their families. And we truly believe it is a privilege to serve Canada’s seniors, ensuring they live fulfilling lives with the utmost comfort, dignity and respect.

At Sienna, we empower our 12,000 team members to help our residents live the life they desire and deserve. We provide our team members the tools and support to deliver excellent clinical care and elevate the resident experience through choice, personalization, and community engagement.

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**What Sienna Offers**:
We are a purpose driven organization. We aspire to cultivate an environment and culture where team members feel valued, heard and empowered to do meaningful work. And we offer a number of programs and benefits that support team members’ financial, personal and professional needs:
A competitive salary and vacation package
Health & Dental benefits program
RRSP with employer match
Share Ownership and Reward Program (SOAR)
Employee Share Purchase Plan with company match
Continuous learning and growth so you have the skillset needed to succeed and take on new challenges
A welcoming culture that values diversity and differing perspectives, experiences and beliefs

**What You’ll Be Doing**:
You will be a welcomed member of the Long Term Care team at Bradford Valley Care Community, working in a fast-paced environment where you will make a meaningful difference in residents’ lives. As a Personal Support Worker, you’ll form a deep understanding of your residents and their living experience. You will build relationships with the residents and their family members, offering a variety of support options and program choices that enrich their daily health and well being. As an individual and part of a wider team, you will be a strong contributor to the culture of the home, where the focus is always on helping residents live fully, every day.

How You’ll Succeed

Provide Resident Supervision and Assistance

support residents with their activities of daily living including eating, dressing, hygiene and grooming as per residents’ individual plans of care

Provide Resident Care and Services

aid residents with respect to their communication and connections by encouraging them to wear individual sensory aids such as glasses, hearing aides, etc.
ensure residents have constant and easy access to mobility or assistive devices such as canes, walkers, call bells, etc.

Support Resident Comfort & Well-being

provide ongoing cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual support; as well as oral and dental care
encourage residents to participate in programs offered by the Resident Experience Team, whether individual or in groups

**Who You Are**:
You are compassionate and dedicated to meaningful work that supports seniors in living life fully
You have completed a Personal Support Worker program from an approved college or private institution or you are an Internationally Educated Nurse that has achieved a degree in Nursing
You are detailed-oriented and proficient in procedures and techniques involved in administering simple treatment and can provide bedside care to residents
You exercise tact and diplomacy in working with seniors, their families and general visitors

**What you need to know**:
You must be legally eligible to work in Canada or have a valid work/study permit
You must successfully pass a Vulnerable Sector Check