Job Description

Join the caring, and compassionate iAID Health group.

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Support Worker to join our team. In this role, you will provide essential care and support to individuals in various settings, including home care, nursing homes, and hospice environments. Your primary focus will be on enhancing the quality of life for those you assist, ensuring their comfort and well-being while promoting independence.

*Core Application Consideration Requirements:

- Ontario Certified PSW/DSW/HSW Certificate

- Up-To-Date: FIRST AID / CPR Certification

- COVID-19 Vaccination

- Up-To-Date: Vulnerable Sector Check (criminal background check)

Shift Schedule: 0800-1100 / 1600-1900 / 2300-0700

The ideal candidate for this position will be patient, friendly, caring, compassionate, with excellent communication skills. Caregiver will follow care instructions as outlined per client's individualized care plan and perform a variety of tasks to provide care as necessary.

: Personal Support Worker (PSW): PSW

is a critical role within our communities as it impacts the lives of elders in community care and residents in LTC/Retirement Facilities, improving overall quality of life through practical skills and warmth of human connection.

SHIFTS AVAILABLE: EVENINGS ( 1400-2200/1500-2300), NIGHTS (2300-0700), DAYS (0700-1500)

PSW JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensures and promotes the provision of resident/client-focused care to address desired care needs Provides supervision and/or assistance to clients/residents in the activities of daily living including eating, dressing, transferring, toileting, hygiene, grooming, and bathing as per residents' individual plans of care to meet their needs and expectations Provides care and services to clients/residents with respect to their senses and communication by encouraging residents to wear individual sensory aids such as glasses, hearing aides, etc. Provides cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual support Provides oral and dental care Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidate must present with successful completion of a Personal Support Worker from an approved college or private institution meeting the standards established by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, National Association of Career Colleges, as per established provincial requirements PSW must present with the ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with residents/clients, families, and visitors All applicants must provided a

valid Vulnerable Sector Check

PSW is expected to be up-to-date with all necessary knowledge and skills through growth and development of seminar and workshop involvement/attendance PSW must demonstrate working experience with the elderly in a health care setting, knowledgeable with respect to their care needs PSW must present with knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering simple treatment and related bedside care when necessary Have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN); Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person who has been granted refugee status in Canada, valid work permit/visa.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $20.28-$24.58 per hour

Work Location: In person