Job Description

Visiting Angels® Inc. is Canadian owned and operated since 1997. Visiting Angels® is a 24 hours on call health care agency, we are looking for individuals who can travel throughout the Hamilton Region, sometimes on short notice.

Visiting Angels® Inc. offers services to seniors, chronically and terminally ill persons, individuals with acquired brain injuries, persons with developmental and physical disabilities, childcare for children of all ages and more specialized services based on client need.

Visiting Angels® Inc. provides: respite and palliative care, relief staffing, emergency childcare, vocational evaluation, life skill training and personal care including feeding, and bathing, and home-care including meal preparation, housekeeping, and aid with other daily living activities. Our staff also will provide companionship and support at appointments.

The PSW position is a casual position and hours are not guaranteed.

Weight Handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Specific Skills

• Shop for food and household supplies
• Provide personal care
• Provide companionship
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Collect specimens
• Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Demonstrate infant care to new parents
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Target Audience

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

Work Site Environment

• Non-smoking

Transportation/Travel Information

• Own transportation
• Own vehicle
• Willing to travel regularly
• Willing to travel overnight
• Travel expenses not paid by employer

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Work Location Information

• Rural area
• Work in employer’s/client’s home
• Urban area
• Remote location
• Various locations

Personal Suitability

• Initiative
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Judgment
• Reliability
• Organized
• Punctuality