Personal Support Workers/Caregivers with Dementia/Alzheimer experience
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$19 CAD / hour · Part-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $19 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Part-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Benefits/Perks
- Part-time position,
- Ongoing opportunity with the ability to pick up additional shifts,
- Flexible working hours,
- Choose and customize your own shifts.
Company Overview
Qualicare Homecare is looking for compassionate, caring, and reliable individuals to join our family as Personal Support Workers/Caregivers. As a Personal Support worker, you will not only be looking after the clients, you will be a part of an amazing team, that promotes a culture of recognition, appreciation, respect, leadership, learning, and ongoing support.
Did you know that Qualicare is also Great Place to Work certified? Come and join us, why wouldn't you? 91% of our employees agree that Qualicare is a Great Place to Work and we are so proud of our company’s culture based on Respect, Fairness, Credibility, Pride, and Camaraderie. Qualicare received this ranking after a thorough ‘audit’ by the Great Place to Work® team.
Job Summary
The Personal Support Worker/Caregiver is a member of the home care team who works under the supervision of the Director of Care and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the client’s needs. We are looking for PSWs in the North York area, Young and Steeles, Bathurst and Steeles, and above Steeles Avenue.
Responsibilities
- AM and PM care
- Meal Preparation
- Light Housekeeping
- Accompany clients on outings
- Shopping and errands
- Medication Reminders
- Ambulation and transporting of clients
- Provide companionship to clients
- Light Housekeeping
- Ability to follow a care plan
- Documentation/Charting
Qualifications
- Personal Support Worker Certificate or equivalent (eg. foreign-trained nurse, nursing student after one year of completing the school).
- Current CPR/First Aid training
- Current Police Record Check or Vulnerable Sector Screen or be willing to obtain one.
- Negative TB skin test or chest x-ray
- Access to the internet/mobile phone.
- Great support and teamwork
- Dementia/Alzheimer experience
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Personal Support Worker at Qualicare will help clients with morning and evening personal care, meals, light housekeeping, errands and outings. The role also includes transporting clients, reminding them about medication, providing companionship and documenting care.
Requirements
Candidates need a Personal Support Worker certificate or equivalent, current CPR and First Aid, and a police record check or vulnerable sector screen. Dementia or Alzheimer's experience is required, along with a TB test, internet or mobile phone access and teamwork skills.
Skills
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Alzheimer's care
- Meal preparation
- Light housekeeping
- Medication reminders
- Client transfers and ambulation
- Companionship
- Care plan adherence
- Charting and documentation
- CPR
- First Aid
- Teamwork
- Communication
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Choose and customize your own shifts
Categories
- Healthcare
- Customer Service & Support
- Social Services
Keywords
- Personal Support Worker
- PSW
- caregiver
- home care
- dementia care
- Alzheimer's care
- personal care
- companionship
- medication reminders
- meal preparation
- CPR
- First Aid
- part-time
- flexible schedule
- North York
- homecare
Seniority
Entry level
Perks
- Flexible hours
Licences and certifications
- Personal Support Worker certificate
- CPR
- First Aid
Fields of study
- Personal Support Worker