Job Responsibility:

- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

- Non-smoking

Work setting

- Work in employer's/client's home
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Employer's home

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
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Personal Support Worker Certificate

Target audience

- Elderly

Security and safety

- Criminal record check
- Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure

Weight handling

- Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)

Personal suitability

- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability




- Productive interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty

Screening questions

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Support for newcomers and refugees

- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for Indigenous people

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities

- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees

📌 family caregiver (Toronto)
🏢 GARNET AND ELIZABETH MASON
📍 Toronto