The PSW may be required to assist clients in their home with the following:

 

• Personal care -- bathing, showering, dressing, toileting, skin care, oral care, hair care, positioning and mobility assistance, transferring, feeding, etc.

• Meal planning/preparation

• Housekeeping as needed

• Companionship/Respite Care

• Accompanying clients to appointments, educational and recreational assistance, and shopping

 

Experience

• Atleast one year of recent personal care experience where similar duties were completed.

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Education

• Personal Support Worker Certificate or Health Care Aide Certificate.

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Other Requirements

• NACC Certificate.                                                                                                                                                                 

• Current CPR and First Aid Certification                                                                                                                             

• Proof of TB Testing within last year                                                                                                                        

• Proof of Hepatitis B vaccination within last 5 years                                                                                            

• Current Vulnerable Sector Police Check (issued within last 12 months)