Personal Support Worker

_**Personal Support Worker**_

**Visiting Angels® Inc**. is Canadian owned and operated since 1997. We are a 24-hour health care agency offering assistance for those in need. Visiting Angels is committed to quality healthcare and is always anticipating the changing needs of our clients. Visiting Angels® services the Niagara Region, Hamilton, Burlington, and Oakville as well as the Greater Toronto area.

**PHILOSOPHY**:
Life is beautiful, yet very short; let’s enjoy it to its fullest in the best health we can. Visiting Angels® Inc. believes that services should be accessible and responsive to the needs of clients, helping families to feel worry free, and showing them the needs of their loved ones are being met. Our health care professionals will treat every client with respect and dignity providing them with the best quality care available.

**IMAGE**:
Visiting Angels® Inc. is a dedicated team of friendly, prompt, efficient, co-operative and versatile health care professionals who are committed to helping you care for your loved ones.

**SERVICES VISITING ANGELS® INC OFFERS**:
Visiting Angels® Inc. offers services to seniors, chronically and terminally ill persons, individuals with acquired brain injuries, persons with developmental and physical disabilities, childcare for children of all ages and more specialized services based on client need.

Visiting Angels® Inc. services include: respite and palliative care, relief staffing, emergency childcare, vocational evaluation, life skill training and personal care including feeding, and bathing, and homecare including meal preparation, housekeeping, and aid with other daily living activities. Our staff also will provide companionship and support at appointments.

Staff at Visiting Angels® Inc. consists of RN’s RPN’s, PSW, HCA’s, Child Care Workers, and Case Managers, they are all fully trained, bonded and insured and all have obtained a police clearance to ensure the safety of our clients.

We are 24 hours on call health care agency, we are looking for individuals who can travel throughout the Niagara Region, sometimes on short notice. Areas we service include Grimsby, Beamsville, Vineland, Port Colborne, Niagara Falls, St Catharines, Welland, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake and all the other cities in the Niagara Region. We require staff to work a minimum of 10 hrs a week and on weekends.

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience

**Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)**
- **First Aid Certificate**:

- **CPR Certificate**:

- Certificate of Conduct
- **Personal Support Worker Certificate**:

- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Certificate
- Community disability studies Certificate
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Behaviour management Certification
- Developmental services worker¿(DSW)¿Training
- Geriatric Certificate
- Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course

**Weight Handling**
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

**Specific Skills**
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Collect specimens
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Demonstrate infant care to new parents
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

**Target Audience**
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Young adults
- Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
- Terminally ill
- School age (6 - 12 years)
- Over 12 years
- Newborn (including expecting mother)
- Infant (3 months - 11 months)
- Elderly
- Convalescent
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with a disability
- Females
- Males
- Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease

**Security and Safety**
- Bondable
- Immunization records
- Tuberculosis test
- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- Vulnerable sector check

**Work Site Environment**
- Non-smoking

**Transportation/Travel Information**
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel regularly
- Willing to travel overnight
- Travel expenses not paid by employer

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

**Work Location Information**
- Rural area
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Urban area
- Remote location
- Various locations

**Personal Suitability**
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
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