Personal Support Worker – Burlington

Title: Personal Support Worker – Burlington

Company: St. Joseph Home Care
Location: Burlington, Ontario
Job Type: FlexTime, PartTime, Shift, Weekends

Description:

St. Joseph's Home Care is seeking a Personal Support Worker for a temporary position at Wellington Terrace in Burlington. The PSW will provide personal care assistance, medication reminders, and home keeping assistance to clients over the age of 65 who are medically stable and living independently. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care activities, housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, and engaging clients in social activities. The ideal candidate will have a PSW Certificate, 1-3 years of experience, and access to reliable transportation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assisting clients with daily personal care activities

Assisting clients with daily housekeeping activities

Assisting clients in maintaining physical health and safety

Medication reminders

Engaging clients in positive conversations

Encouraging client participation in care

Providing emotional and social support

Maintaining a clean work environment

Observing and recording client information

Participating in team meetings

Other duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS:

PSW Certificate from an accredited training institution

1-3 years of PSW experience

Access to reliable transportation and vehicle insurance

St. Joseph's Home Care is an equal opportunity employer that values equity, inclusiveness, and diversity. AI is not used in the recruitment process, and accommodations are available for candidates who require them. French language skills are not required for this position.

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Title: Personal Support Worker &#8211; Burlington
Company: St. Joseph Home Care
Location: Burlington, Ontario
Personal Support Worker

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| Number of Openings:                    | 1                                                 | Division:                          | Community Support Services                                                   |
| Full/Part Time/Casual:                 | PartTime                                         | Program:                           | Wellington Terrace                                                           |
| Regular/Temporary:                     | Temporary (46 Months)                            | Location:                          | Burlington                                                                   |
| Union:                                 | SEIU                                              | Hours of Work:                     | 7am 3 pm and 7am12pm rotating weekends approx.37.5 hours biweekly |
| Posting Date:                          | January 22, 2026                                  | Closing Date:                      | January 29, 2026                                                             |
| Wages:                                 | SEIU Union Wage Grid $19.33 + $3 wage enhancement | French Language Skill Requirement: | N/A                                                                          |
| This posting is for a current vacancy. |

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| POSITION SUMMARY:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| The Personal Support Workers  Wellington Terrace Supportive Housing (PSWWT) enhance the quality of life of SJHC clients by providing quality and compassionate care in the form of personal care assistance, medication reminders, physical and cognitive support and home keeping assistance. PSWWT assists in enabling individuals to continue living independently in a safe and healthy manner in their own home/apartment units, within the Wellington Terrace program location and surrounding community. Wellington Terrace Supportive Housing clients are typically able to direct their own care, are over the age of 65, require on average 1.5 hours of personal support care each day, and are medically stable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| RESPONSIBILITIES:  Assisting clients with daily personal care activities, in keeping with their individual care plan such as bathing, dressing, shaving, personal hair care, mouth care, preventative care and other personal hygiene tasks  Assisting clients with daily housekeeping activities such as light apartment housekeeping, laundry services and meal preparation  Assisting clients in daily activities which maintain adequate levels of physical health and safety, in keeping with their individual care plan  Medication reminders  Engaging clients in positive/social conversations  Encouraging clients to direct and/or participate in their own care  Assisting clients with general mobility needs (walking, movement, positioning etc.) in and around their home and the Wellington Terrace location  Encouraging participation in Wellington Terrace social and/or recreational activities  Demonstrating sensitivity and respect to clients who may be experiencing physical health challenges  Providing emotional and social support to both clients and their family members  Demonstrating a positive attitude and approach towards clients as unique individuals  Performs daily work in keeping with the established Supportive Housing procedures, processes and expectations  Answers call bells in a safe and timely manner  Observes and records client information/comments/issues/behaviours/changes on the 24 Hour Shift Report  Follows daily client care schedules as determined by the Support Services Coordinator  Maintains a clean and organized work environment  Reports critical client care information/issues to Support Services Coordinator right away  Understands and follows individual client care plans, seeks clarification from the Support Services Coordinator where care plan in unclear  Participating in team/group meetings  Other duties as requested or required |
| QUALIFICATIONS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|  PSW Certificate from an accredited training institution, required  13 years PSW experience, preferred  Member of the PSW Registry, preferred (may be required under some contracts)  Current First Aid and/or CPR Certificate, preferred  Training in gentle persuasive/nonviolent crisis prevention, an asset  Training and previous work experience in Medication Reminders, preferred  Previous experience working in a Supportive Housing environment, as asset  Access to reliable transportation and vehicle insurance, required                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|  While these are typical shifts there are no guarantees of hours, schedules may change from time to time to meet the needs of the clients. Shifts are assigned as per the collective agreement "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| St. Joseph's Home Care is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equity, inclusiveness, and diversity across all our programs, practices, facilities, and team. AI is not used in our recruitment processes for the selection of candidates. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, such as alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms, please inform the hiring manager before your interview. Should you wish to conduct your interview in French, kindly contact our head office to arrange this in advance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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