Personal Support Worker – Home Support

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 346070570
  • Posted Date: Dec 24, 2024
  • Closing Date: Feb 14, 2025
  • Company: Comfort Keepers Halifax
  • Category: Childcare & Caregiving
  • Business Location:Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Total Views: 200
  • Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
  • Last Updated: 13 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/346070570/nova-scotia/bedford/personal-support-worker-home-support/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 1 month - 7 months
  • Opening Positions: 5
  • Remuneration: $15.25 to $16.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Commencement Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: High school graduation certificate
  • How to apply: email to [email protected]

Job Description

Tasks

  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Administer medications
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Change non-sterile dressings
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Provide companionship
  • Provide personal care
  • Shop for food and household supplies
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Persons with Alzheimer’s disease
  • Adults
  • Elderly
  • Females
  • Males
  • Over 12 years
  • Persons with a disability
  • Persons with an intellectual disability
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Persons with physical disabilities
  • Terminally ill

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • CPR Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Health Care Aide Certificate
  • Personal Support Worker Certificate

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Mileage paid

Other benefits

  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)