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Elder Care Helper

  • Waterloo, ON, Canada

Full-time

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Overview

Elder Care Helper

Location: Local community / Client homes

Hours: Flexible (3–24+ hours/week)

Position Type: Part-time / Flexible Schedule

About Her Helping Hand

At Her Helping Hand, we believe caregiving is about far more than just completing daily tasks - it is about building meaningful relationships, honouring dignity, and bringing warmth into every home we serve. As an owner-led care business, we prioritize personal support for our team just as much as we do for our client families. When you work with us, you are never just an employee; you are a trusted partner doing purposeful, soul-fulfilling work.

Are you looking to make a meaningful difference in your community?

Working at Her Helping Hand is rewarding, financially and for your soul.

Learn more about us at herhelpinghnd.com

Role Overview

The Elder Care Helper provides practical, respectful assistance to older adults in home and care settings. In this hands-on role, you will help clients maintain comfort, dignity, and daily routines while offering reliable companionship and coordinating thoughtfully with colleagues and client families.

Key Responsibilities

  • Personal Care & Daily Support: Assist with personal care and daily activities, adapting support to each client’s unique needs and preferences.
  • Meal Preparation & Housekeeping: Prepare nutritious meals, help with light cleaning, and keep the home environment safe, tidy, and comfortable.
  • Companionship & Connection: Engage in meaningful conversations, hobbies, and activities to build lasting, friendly relationships rooted in warmth and respect.
  • Thoughtful Communication: Provide updates and coordinate effectively with client families and management to ensure high-quality care.

Why Work for Her Helping Hand?

  • Flexible Schedule (3–24+ Hrs/Week): Visits are arranged around your existing life commitments - making this role ideal for active retirees, mature adults, and nursing or social care students seeking purposeful part-time hours.
  • Consistent 1-on-1 Client Matches: Build genuine, long-term friendships by visiting the same client family every single week.
  • Owner-Led Support: Work directly with owner Andy for personal guidance, ongoing support, competitive hourly compensation, and deep appreciation for your compassion.
  • Non-Clinical Focus: Provide hands-on assistance and companionship without complex clinical procedures.

Qualifications & Skills

  • Practical Caregiving Experience: Proven ability to support senior care, personal care, and daily living activities.
  • Safety & Mobility Skills: Familiarity with meal preparation, cleaning, and supporting safe mobility, transfers, and proper lifting techniques.
  • Core Qualities: Deep patience, compassion, reliability, and clear communication skills.

Ideal Candidates:

  • Active retirees, mature adults, or nursing and social care students looking for meaningful community work.

Apply Now

If you are looking to make a meaningful difference in your community while earning competitive pay on a schedule that fits your life, we would love to hear from you!

More about this job

Responsibilities

Provide older adults with respectful assistance in personal care, daily activities, meal preparation, and light housekeeping while supporting safe mobility. Build warm, consistent companionship and communicate care updates with client families and management.

Requirements

Candidates should have practical experience supporting seniors with personal care and daily living activities, along with familiarity with meal preparation, cleaning, safe mobility, transfers, and proper lifting techniques. Patience, compassion, reliability, and clear communication are important; no specific education requirement is stated.

Skills

  • Senior Care
  • Personal Care
  • Daily Living Assistance
  • Meal Preparation
  • Light Housekeeping
  • Safe Mobility Support
  • Transfers
  • Proper Lifting Techniques
  • Companionship
  • Patience
  • Compassion
  • Reliability
  • Clear Communication
  • Family Coordination

Benefits

  • Flexible Schedule
  • Consistent One-on-One Client Matches
  • Owner-Led Support
  • Competitive Hourly Compensation

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Hiring contact

Andy

Categories

  • Healthcare
  • Social Services

Keywords

  • Elder Care
  • Senior Care
  • Personal Care
  • Daily Living Activities
  • Meal Preparation
  • Light Cleaning
  • Home Safety
  • Safe Mobility
  • Transfers
  • Lifting Techniques
  • Companionship
  • Client Families
  • Care Coordination
  • Non-Clinical Care
  • Part-Time Work
  • Flexible Schedule

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