Personal Support Worker

This Opportunity: We are currently looking to fill a part-time, permanent Personal Support Worker (Internally known as Support Services Attendant) role in our Southwest Region.   Schedule: Includes mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Wage: $21.88 per hour. This compensation is inclusive of a $3.00 per hour wage enhancement from the Ontario government for hours spent directly supporting clients.   The wage enhancement does not apply to training and paid leave. Hours: Up to 30 hours per week.   Responsibilities: · Assists clients in their own homes with non-medical activities of daily living in accordance with individual service plans and with March of Dimes Canada policies and procedures: · Personal care · Lifts and Transfers · Rising/retiring · Bowel and bladder procedures · Meal preparation and feeding · Range of motion exercises · Other light housekeeping duties · Performs duties in a professional manner, which respects the dignity and right to privacy and maintains client and staff health and safety.   Qualifications: · Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation · High School Diploma · Current Standard First Aid and CPR certification or be willing to obtain within three months of hire · Experience working with people with physical disabilities; experience/knowledge/understanding of Independent Living or client-based care · Knowledge of and abilities in transferring, lifting, bowel and bladder routines and other attendant care duties · Physical Demands Self-Analysis Required upon hire · Good interpersonal and communication skills · Ability to work flexible and regularly scheduled hours