attendant for persons with disabilities – home care

Work setting

• Employer's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide personal care
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Cook
• Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
• Change diapers
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children

Experience with special needs children

• Children with a physical disability
• Children with asthma
• Children with epilepsy
• Children with allergies

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience
• Honesty
• Time management

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Night shift premium