Job Board for Vulnerable Youth
Home-Care Worker
Posted on October 11, 2024
by Gaye Lefaivre
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Sector:
Childcare & Caregiving
Term of Employment: Full-Time
Total Views: 222
Duration: 20 calendar days (15 business days)
Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/british-columbia/west-vancouver/167433316/home-care-worker/
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
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Mend clothing and 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
- Elderly
- Females
- Males
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
Experience with special needs children
- Assistance with mobility
Additional information
Security and safety
- Reference required
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player