live-in caregiver - persons with disabilities

Location

Breslau, ON | Canada

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

• Room and board provided
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Employer's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Persons with Alzheimer's disease
• Elderly
• Infant (3 months - 11 months)
• Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
• Newborn (including expecting mother)
• Persons with a disability
• Persons with an intellectual disability
• Persons with mental health disabilities
• Persons with physical disabilities
• School age (6 - 12 years)
• Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Ability to multitask

Benefits

Other benefits

• Travel insurance

Job tags

Salary

$18 per hour