Personal Support Worker Bonnie Place
St. Joseph's Home Care
- Burlington, ON
- Permanent
- Part-time
- 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 environment
- 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
- PSW Certificate from an accredited training institution, required
- 1-3 years PSW experience, preferred
- Member of the PSW Registry, preferred (may be required under some contracts)
- Current First Aid and/or CPR Certificate, required
- Training in gentle persuasive/non-violent crisis prevention, preferred
- Training and previous work experience in Medication Reminders, preferred
- Previous experience working in a Assisted Living environment, preferred
- Access to reliable transportation, driver’s license and vehicle insurance, required
- Vulnerable sector police check at time of hire, annual declaration, required
- 2 step TB test at time of hire, required
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