Home Support Worker

Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
- or equivalent experience
- **Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Work in employer's/client's home
- **Tasks**:

- Administer bedside and personal care
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- **Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Personal Support Worker Certificate
- **Target audience**:

- Adults
- Persons with a disability
- **Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Reference required
- **Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Does not require Canadian work experience
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week