Home support workers provide companionship and personal care for clients who are convalescent, elderly, or disabled. The home support worker may also call the client’s home, where care is provided. Housekeepers take care of the home and many areas of the family’s life.
Support workers provide emotional and practical support to those who are struggling with their emotional, mental, and physical health. They look out for the welfare of people who are more vulnerable by providing assistance with daily duties.
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- Location: Calgary, AB
- Salary: 19.50 hourly for 40 to 44 hours per week
- Terms of employment: Permanent employment
Full time - Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Overtime, Early Morning, Morning
- Start date: Starts as soon as possible
- Vacancies: 1 vacancy
We need a compassionate and sympathetic support staff member to help our clients with daily tasks.
As a support worker, you will need to visit with clients to determine their emotional and practical requirements, create care plans, and assist them in achieving maximum independence.
You can also be expected to organize neighborhood gatherings and instruct loved ones on effective coping mechanisms.
You need strong leadership abilities, strong interpersonal skills, and a desire to serve others in order to succeed as a support worker.
To ensure that clients feel in control of their life, a qualified support worker should be able to offer both emotional and physical help when required.
The responsibilities of a support worker include:
- * Meeting with clients to address their emotional and practical needs.
- * Creating care plans that best meet the needs of the clients.
- * Offering emotional support to clients by discussing their requirements and paying attention to their worries.
- * Helping with household duties like grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
- * Attending to each client’s medical requirements.
- * Assisting clients with applications for housing loans, disability grants, and jobs.
- * Offering people with alcohol or drug addictions counseling.
- * Teaching fundamental assistance methods to family members.
- * Assisting clients with recreational activities.
- * Keeping track of case logbooks and taking case notes.
Qualifications for Support Workers:
- * A high school diploma or GED; * A degree in health and social care is preferred.
- * A dedication to aiding others.
- * Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
- * Listening and empathy are strong traits.
- * Effective problem-solving skills.
- * The capacity to perform housework.
- * Readiness to help with fundamental medical procedures.
- * Excellent leadership abilities; * Patience; * Emotional endurance.
Overview
Language
Education in English
* Secondary (high) school diploma
Work Experience
- 7 months to under a year
Environment at work
- * Non-smoking
Workplace
- * Optional, free-of-charge live-in housing is offered. Remember that employment is NOT contingent upon this.
Work from home for an employer or client
- * Willing to move
Tasks and Responsibilities
- * Provide companionship
- * Assist in regular exercise, such as walking
- * Assume full responsibility for the household (in the absence of the householder)
- * Feed or assist in feeding
- * Launder clothing and household linens
- * Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- * Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- * Provide personal care
- * Shop for food and household supplies
- * Prepare and serve nutritious meals
Credentials Courses, memberships, and certificates * Personal Support
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- * CPR Certificate
- * First Aid Certificate & Worker’s Permit
Expertise and background
target market
- * Ladies
- * Seniors
Specialties in food
- * East Indian
Extra details
Information about transportation and travel
- * Willingness to travel
Workplace physical requirements include:
- * Kneeling, bending, and stooping
- * Walking and standing combinations
- * Repeated duties
- * Sitting
handling of weights
- * 45–60 kg (100-132 lbs)
The following personal qualities are required:
Punctuality, Customer Focus, Dependability, Efficient Interpersonal Skills, Good Oral Communication, Flexibility, Initiative, Judgement, Organization, Reliability, and Team Player.
screening inquiries
- * Are you able to work shifts or as needed?
- * Can you currently work lawfully in Canada?
- * Would you be open to moving for this position?
- * Do you have prior work experience in this industry?
- * Do you possess the necessary certificates listed above?
- * What is the highest academic level you have attained?
Who may apply for this position?
Apply only if you meet the following requirements:
- * You are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident;
- * You have a current Canadian work visa.
Please do not apply if you are not permitted to work in Canada.
Your application won’t receive a response from the employer.
How to use
the email address [email protected]
instructions for applying
Everything you must include in your application is as follows:
Cover letter, references, and verification
Advertised until
2023-01-08
Originally posted 2023-02-26 00:45:32.
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