PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER

Position Type: Part Time | Community-Based | Adult Population

Locations: Milton / Burlington / Oakville

This position is for a current vacancy

About Us

At St. Joseph's Home Carewe’re dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality care to clients who have been discharged from hospital but who are unable to return to their pre-hospital living arrangements. These clients are in process of having long term care needs assessed, are generally medically stable, can be of any adult age group / elderly age group, and may require mobility assistance. Client stays are usually short term in length, and they may require a care plan.

Position Summary

As a Personal Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in helping clients with personal care assistance, medication reminders, physical and cognitive support and home keeping assistance. PSW-HALP assists in enabling individuals to continue living independently in a safe and healthy manner in their own home/apartment units, within the various Halton Assisted Living program locations and the surrounding community.

This role is ideal for a compassionate, innovative, and collaborative professionals who thrives in a dynamic home and community care setting.

What You’ll Do

- Assisting clients with daily personal care activities, in keeping with their individual care plan
- Bathing
- Dressing/undressing
- Personal hair care
- Shaving/grooming
- Mouth care
- Preventative skin care
- Other personal hygiene tasks

- Assisting clients with daily housekeeping activities, in keeping with their individual care plan

- Light apartment housekeeping (sweeping, tidying, dishes etc.)
- Laundry services
- Light meal preparation / safe food handling

- Assisting clients in daily activities which maintain adequate levels of physical health and safety, in keeping with their individual care plan

- Performing safety wellness checks
- Medication reminders




- Living area visual scans
- Engaging clients in positive/social conversations
- Encouraging clients to direct and/or participate in their own care
- Assisting clients with general mobility needs (walking, movement, positioning etc.) in and around their home and the program location
- Encouraging participation in HALS social and/or recreational activities
- Assisting with basic range of motion exercises where required by the care plan
- Demonstrating sensitivity and respect to clients who may be experiencing physical health challenges
- Providing emotional and social support to both clients and their family members
- Demonstrating a positive attitude and approach towards clients as unique individuals

- Performs daily work in keeping with the established Assisted Living procedures, processes and expectations

- Answers call bells in a safe and timely manner
- Observes and records client information/comments/issues/behaviours/changes on the 24-Hour Shift Report
- Follows daily client care schedules as determined by the Manager or Supervisor
- Maintains a clean and organized work setting
- Reports critical client care information/issues to Manager or Supervisor right away
- Understands and follows individual client care plans, seeks clarification from the Manager or Supervisor where care plan in unclear
- Participating in team/group meetings
- Other duties as requested or required

WHAT YOU BRING

Education & Credentials

- PSW Certificate from an accredited training institution(Required)
- Member of the HSCPOA (preferred) May be required under some contracts
- Current CPR First Aid certification
- Training in Gentle Persuasive Approaches / non-violent crisis prevention (preferred)
- Access to reliable transportation, drivers liscenseand vehicle insurance, required
- Vulnerable Police Sector Check provided at time of hire, annual declaration (required)
- 2 step TB test at time of hire (required)

Experience

- 1–3 ye

📌 Personal Support Worker (Burlington)
🏢 St. Joseph’s Home Care
📍 Burlington