Job title : Home support worker – caregiver

Job details:

·         Location: Telkwa, BC

·        Salary: $25 hourly for 32-35 hours per week.

·         Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

·         Terms of employment: Permanent, Full-Time

·         Start date: As soon as possible

Job requirements

Languages:  English

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Credentials: First aid and CPR.

Experience: Less than one year

Person needing care: Female, in her late 60s with advanced dementia

Schedule: Monday to Friday; Weekends as needed

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Home Support Worker – Caregiver to provide essential support and assistance to a female with advanced dementia in our home close to Tyee Lake in Telkwa, BC. The person needing care has a loving and caring family and lives in a clean beautiful home, but additional help to care for her is needed.

Your main duties will be as following:

·       Provide care and companionship for a female in her late 60s.

·       Help getting her out of bed.

·       Administer bedside and personal care.

·       Assist with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene, dressing and undressing if necessary.

·       Plan and prepare meals and special diets, putting food in front of her, and feed or assist in feeding as needed.

·       May perform routine health-related duties such as assisting in the administration of medications.

·       May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes, make beds or shop for food and household supplies.

·       Accompany the person needing care to outings and medical appointments.

·       Assume full responsibility for the person needing care and the household in absence of the employer. Be with her and make sure she does not leave the house alone.

Security and Safety: Criminal record check; Reference required.

Work Site Environment: Non-smoking, and scent free, no use of social media when engaging with the person needing care.

Transportation/Travel Information: have your own transportation

Work Location Information: Work in employer’s home.

How to apply

By email: pete@vandergaagconstruction.com

Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.Job location: At employer’s home near Tyee  Lake in Telkwa, BC.

Qualities that matter to us: Dependability, honesty, flexibility, judgement, reliability, patience and compassion.