Personal Support Worker

_Personal Support Worker _
**Visiting Angels® Inc**. is looking for PSW who have the passion to care and support individuals throughout the Hamilton Region.

You would provides: 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. You also will provide companionship and support at appointments.

Qualifications:

- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- 2 years of 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
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgment
- Reliability
- Organized
- Punctuality
Work remotely
- No

**Job Types**: Part-time, Casual

**Salary**: $18.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care
Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- On call
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hamilton, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):

- Will you travel to support clients within the Hamilton Region?
**Experience**:

- supportive care: 1 year (preferred)
Shift availability:

- Day Shift (preferred)
- Night Shift (preferred)
- Overnight Shift (preferred)