PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER - HOME SUPPORT NOC 44101
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Job Description
Home support workers caregivers and related occupations provide personal care and companionship for seniors persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. They provide care in the clients residence where they may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies private households or they may be selfemployed.
JOB DUTIES:
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Home support workers caregivers and related occupations have to perform and some of the physical demands they involve:
Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation convalescence or family disruption
Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation bathing personal hygiene and dressing and undressing
Plan and prepare meals and special diets and feed or assist in feeding clients
May perform routine healthrelated duties such as changing nonsterile dressings assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry washing dishes and making beds.
Physical demands Help Physical Demands
Bending or twisting the body
Standing
Making repetitive motions
Handling material manually
Walking and running
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Home support workers caregivers and related occupations are employed and some of their main characteristics:
Selfemployment
Private households
Homecare agencies
Work environment Help Physical Work Environment
Indoors environmentally controlled
Biological agents
In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help Physical proximity from others
Close (at arm s length).
Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation convalescence or family disruption
Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation bathing personal hygiene and dressing and undressing
Plan and prepare meals and special diets and feed or assist in feeding clients
May perform routine healthrelated duties such as changing nonsterile dressings assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry washing dishes and making beds.
Physical demands Help Physical Demands
Bending or twisting the body
Standing
Making repetitive motions
Handling material manually
Walking and running
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Home support workers caregivers and related occupations are employed and some of their main characteristics:
Selfemployment
Private households
Homecare agencies
Work environment Help Physical Work Environment
Indoors environmentally controlled
Biological agents
In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help Physical proximity from others
Close (at arm s length).
Requirements
This is what you typically need for the job.
Some secondary school education is usually required.
Home management experience may be required.
College or other courses in home support may be required.
First aid certification may be required.
Completion of a training program in care of the elderly care of persons with disabilities convalescent care or in a related field may be required.
Source National Occupational Classification
Professional certification and licensing
Ontario
If this occupation is regulated you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary depending on the occupation.
If the licence is compulsory you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
If the licence is voluntary you don t need to be certified to practise this occupation.
Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.
Some secondary school education is usually required.
Home management experience may be required.
College or other courses in home support may be required.
First aid certification may be required.
Completion of a training program in care of the elderly care of persons with disabilities convalescent care or in a related field may be required.
Source National Occupational Classification
Professional certification and licensing
Ontario
If this occupation is regulated you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary depending on the occupation.
If the licence is compulsory you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
If the licence is voluntary you don t need to be certified to practise this occupation.
Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.
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Employment Type
Full Time
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