Live-in Caregiver – Persons with Disabilities
Job location: Calgary, Alberta
Salary: $17.1/hour
Vacancies: 1
Employment groups: visible minorities, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, newcomers to Canada
Terms of employment: Term or contract, full-time, 40-50 hours/week
Job start date: ASAP
Employment conditions: on-call, shiftwork (morning, day, evening, weekend, night), flexible hours
Job Requirements
Languages: English
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of three months to less than one year (or equivalent experience)
Experience: One year to less than two years
Security and safety: Driver’s validity license check, Criminal record check, driving record check (abstract), vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information: Willing to travel overnight, willing to travel cross-border, travel expenses paid by employer, valid driver’s license, willing to travel, vehicle supplied by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Walking, standing for extended periods, Combination of sitting, standing, and walking, overtime required, bending, crouching, and kneeling; handling heavy loads, physically demanding
Work location information: Urban area, room and board provided, work in employers/clients home
Worksite environment: Non-smoking
Personal suitability: Punctuality, flexibility, excellent oral communication, judgment, reliability, client focus, dependability
Additional skills: Care for pets
Specific skills: Feeding or assist in feeding, change non-sterile dressings, shop for food and household supplies, provide personal care, provide companionship, perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties, assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene, launder clothing and household linens, collect specimens, assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder), administer medications, administer bedside and personal care, prepare and serve nutritious meals
Weight handling: Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 pounds)
Credentials: First aid certificate, personal support worker certificate, CPR certificate
How to apply: email – ***@***