Home & Community Care Worker

Reporting to the Health Manager, the Home and Community Care Worker provide a range of services to support individuals, particularly those with disabilities, chronic or acute illnesses, or those who are elderly, to maintain their independence and well-being in their homes and communities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• • Logs daily work activities electronically; time spent with each client and specific work performed, in accordance to plan of care
  • Respite/relief to caregivers within the family from their caregiving responsibilities;
  • Child care in instances where a client cannot look after their child or children due to illness or accident, a disability or short-term absence to obtain treatment;
  • Housekeeping which may include assisting with or undertaking light house cleaning
  • Meal preparation in the home for the client including special diet requirements;
  • Available during regular bathing routine (tub, bath or shower) carried out by the client themselves;
  • Bed/sponge bathing (including hair) or bathing while sitting on the toilet seat or in a chair;
  • Providing assistance with routine activities of living such as: walking and negotiating stairs, using crutches, walkers, canes and other adaptive aids, moving the client from lying to sitting position and/or from one location to another;
  • First Aid Certified must be renewed every three years and CPR renewed annually, at the HCCWs’ own expense (copy to be provided to Health Manager)
  • Office duties include filing, electronic charting, answering the phone and making calls to clients as well as other office duties as required by the Health Manager

Qualifications

• • Personal Support Worker Certificate or Grade 12 or G.E.D. equivalency
  • Food Handlers Certificate and First Aid/CPR Certificate
  • Able to work in client’s homes & Elders’ Facility
  • Computer skills that include experience with Microsoft programs as well client computer documentation programs
  • CPIC including vulnerable sector screening

Open Until Filled