Employment Information
- Post ID: 460732428
- Open Date: April 29, 2025
- Close Date: June 22, 2025
- Organization: Comfort Keepers Halifax
- Sector: Childcare & Caregiving
- Business Location:Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 201
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 4 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/bedford/460732428/personal-support-worker-home-support/
Job Details
- Experience: 1 month - 7 months
- Job Vacancies: 5
- Compensation: $16.00 per hour / 30 to 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Persons with Alzheimer’s disease
- Adults
- Elderly
- Females
- Males
- Over 12 years
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Terminally ill
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Mileage paid
Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)