Personal Support Worker-Home Care

Work setting

• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

1. Personal Care

• Assisting with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Helping with mobility and transfers (e.g., moving from bed to wheelchair).
• Supporting toileting and continence care.

2. Household Support

• Light housekeeping tasks, such as cleaning and laundry.
• Meal preparation and ensuring nutritional needs are met.
• Grocery shopping or running errands.

3. Companionship

• Providing emotional support and social interaction.
• Engaging in activities like reading, walking, or playing games.

4. Medication Assistance

• Reminding clients to take medications.
• Helping manage and organize medication schedules.

5. Health Monitoring

• Observing and reporting changes in a client’s physical or mental health.
• Assisting with simple medical tasks, like checking blood pressure (under guidance from healthcare professionals).

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Adolescents
• Adults
• Convalescent
• Elderly
• Infant (3 months - 11 months)
• Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
• Males
• Newborn (including expecting mother)
• Over 12 years
• Persons with a disability
• Persons with an intellectual disability
• Persons with mental health disabilities
• Persons with physical disabilities
• School age (6 - 12 years)
• Terminally ill
• Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
• Young adults

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Punctuality
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Patience
• Honesty