Description
As a Personal Support Worker with Sprint Senior Care, you have the opportunity to perform community based Personal Support work, assisting clients with activities of daily living in their homes. You will be able to help make a difference in others' lives, encouraging them to live their life to their full potential while feeling comfortable and safe.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the client with personal care such as dressing, personal hygiene, mobility, toileting, eating, and other routines of daily living, encouraging client to do as much as possible for her/himself.
- Assist the clients in the activities of daily living including shopping, housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation and medication monitoring.
- Report and document any changes in client health status and undertake necessary steps to ensure client’s safety and well being.
- Demonstrate initiative and professionalism at all times with clients, families and community contacts.
- Assist the client with appropriate socialization activities as per the client’s choice and emotional needs.
Qualifications:
- Personal Support Worker Certificate from an Accredited School is mandatory
- Demonstrated ability to create opportunities for clients to maximize and maintain their abilities to the greatest extent possible
- Experience working with seniors
- Must be able to meet physical demand requirements of the role
- First Aid/CPR an asset
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Must have a positive attitude and be committed to fostering a healthy team environment
- A keen desire to learn
- Able to work in a smoking/pet environment
- Able to prioritize client’s needs
Position Type: Permanent, Hours based on Client needs (Bargaining Unit Position)
How to Apply
You can also fax or submit your resumes at: 140 Merton Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M4S 1A1 Fax: 416-481-9829
SPRINT Senior Care encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of our community.
We appreciate all applications; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
SPRINT Senior Care is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices to applicants with accessibility needs in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA). Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process.