A Toronto, Canada-based long-term care facility needs foreign Personal Support Workers. Candidates must be polite, kind, and dedicated to exhibiting care best practices, following all standards and procedures guiding in-home care under the supervision of medical practitioners.
Duties
- Assisting residents with personal and bedside care like eating meals (including special diets), hygiene, dressing, health condition monitoring and reporting to the Care Manager, medication administration, transportation, etc.
- Housekeeping tasks, including making beds, cleaning, and arranging facility areas.
- If required, carry out health-related tasks such as changing wound dressings or specimen collection (supervised by a Registered Nurse).
- Provision of palliative care and social/emotional support for residents and families
- Liaising effectively with interdisciplinary teams to fulfill residents’ needs.
Qualifications
- Acceptable qualifications include a Personal Support Worker program diploma or certificate deemed acceptable by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, the Ontario Community Support Association, or the National Association of Career Colleges.
- Certificate in First Aid and CPR
- Minimum of 1 year of similar working experience
- Proficiency in the English Language
- Good competency in documentation and care planning systems
- Effective communication and interpersonal relations with residents, families, and colleagues
- Strong passion for quality care provision.
Required documents for priority consideration:
- English Proficiency Test Score (IELTS)
- Relevant professional resume
- If available, a report of the Education Credential Assessment
- Social media profile links, if any
- Current copy (if available) of letters of employment or certificate of experience.
Benefits
- Permanent Residency support, available after 1 – 2 years of work
- Work 30 to 40 hours/week at $19.20/hour
- Extended medical, disability, and dental benefits