Job Title: Home Support Worker required urgently
Job Description:
We are looking for a Home Support Worker for our mother who has severe Alzheimer’s.
This is a permanent, full time position for 33.25 hours per week, with flexibility and regular overtime as required including nighttime and weekend shifts
Work location: We currently live at Bradner Road, Abbotsford.
Salary: $ 24.50 - $25.00 per hour paid twice per month
This position is 4 days off 4 days on rotation, to alternate with another full time Home Support Worker, who will work the alternating days.
Must speak English
Duties include:
- Support with daily living activities, including personal hygiene, wardrobe assistance, and preparing nutritious meals.
- Driving to and from grocery shopping, parks and recreation and other outings to keep my mom engaged.
- Provide care and companionship to my mother
- Administer bedside and personal care such as aid in ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing
- Plan and prepare meals and special diets, and feed
- Routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens when required
- Routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds.
(Unless an Emergency this will be done by a family member)
Successful applicants will have
- Completion of post secondary education in health care.
- Minimum 1 year health care experience with adult with Alzheimer’s and memory care.
- First aid certification.
- BC driver’s licence and clean driving abstract
- Clear criminal record check
- Background check and references required.
- No Smoking, No Drugs
Please send your resume and references to Lindsay at applyhcsw@gmail.com
