What you can expect/get in this role
• Flexible work options;
• start your employment with 4 weeks vacation, plus sick leave and special leave;
• competitive pay and benefits, professional growth and leadership learning opportunities;
• relocation assistance may be considered;
• working in a place voted as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers; and
• a lifestyle that allows you to access our vast backyard and thriving culture and arts scene.
What we do
HSWs provide person-centered home support services that promote optimal functioning in the skills and activities of daily living and enhance the quality of life of individuals.
HSWs work as part of an interdisciplinary team that enables Yukoners to remain in their own homes as long as possible while receiving evidence-based quality health and personal care.
Job description
• Provides personal care and assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, toileting, shopping, meal preparation, foot care and facilitating community access and socialization;
• maintains awareness of clients’ abilities, diet, diagnosis, personal leisure interests and special needs by reading the health care records and discussing issues with the client care coordinator or supervisor prior to implementing treatment;
• performs client-specific tasks under the direction and approval of a therapist or nurse, such as exercise programs or wound care;
• completes approved tasks as outlined in Medication Assistance Program policy and performs client-specific advanced skills based on applicable policies and training, such as bowel routine;
• documents in the client health record, communicates changes in client status to the care team and makes recommendations for changes to the client care plans;
• performs regular safety monitoring, basic maintenance and cleaning of clients’ homes and treatment equipment. Reports concerns to client care coordinator;
• provides respite to the primary caregiver by caring for the client while the caregiver is out of the home;
• provides light housekeeping duties within the care plan to maintain a safe and sanitary environment, such as cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming and washing floors; and
• provides personal care at end of life for clients in their homes. This includes providing comfort measures to the client and providing emotional support to their family members.
Training
We offer extensive orientation related to our philosophy of care and evidence-based policies, as well as regular educational opportunities to maintain clinical skills and best practices:
• broad course offerings through our internal professional development system called YG Learn;
• support for career and professional growth through internal assignment opportunities; and
• partial financial support for approved professional development and educational programs.
Recruiting process
Interested applicants apply on our website www.YUKON.ca by creating a career profile.
At each step of the recruitment process, candidates are notified by email if they have been successful and if they will be moving to the next step:
Step 1. Resume is reviewed and candidate is notified
Step 2. Written assignment (if required)
Step 3. Interview
Step 4. Reference checks
Step 5. Conditions of employment
Step 6. Offer of employment
Job requirements
• Certificate as a personal support worker (PSW), home support worker (HSW) or nursing home attendant (NHA) from a recognized Canadian educational institute. Equivalent experience may be considered;
• recent experience working in home care or a community-based setting;
• recent experience providing personal care, home management and respite care in a community setting;
• TB screening;
• vulnerable sector RCMP security clearance;
• CPR level C (course taken within the last 2.5 years at time of hire);
• food safe level 1 (completed within the last 2 years);
• WHMIS 2015; and
• valid Yukon driver’s license.
Branch profile/spotlight
The Government of Yukon's Home Care program works closely with medical facilities, community partners, First Nations governments and other government programs to enable Yukoners of all ages to receive high-quality, evidence-based and best-practice health and support services while remaining in their home environments and communities. Services can include care coordination, social work, home support, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing and collaborative speech therapy.
Contact
Email jenna.bursay@yukon.ca and natasha.klein@yukon.ca for more information about this position.