PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER - HOME SUPPORT NOC 44101

Home supportworkers caregivers and related occupations provide personal careand companionship for seniors persons with disabilities andconvalescent clients.

They provide care in the clients residencewhere they may also reside. They are employed by home care andsupport agencies private households or they may beselfemployed.

JOBDUTIES :

Hereare some of the main activities and tasks that Home support workerscaregivers and related occupations have to perform and some of thephysical demands theyinvolve :

Providecare and companionship for individuals and families during periodsof incapacitation convalescence or familydisruption

Administerbedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulationbathing personal hygiene and dressing andundressing

Planand prepare meals and special diets and feed or assist in feedingclients

Mayperform routine healthrelated duties such as changing nonsteriledressings assisting in the administration of medications andcollecting specimens under the general direction of home careagency supervisor ornurse

Mayperform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry washing dishesand makingbeds.

Physicaldemands Help PhysicalDemands

Bendingor twisting thebody

Standing

Makingrepetitivemotions

Handlingmaterialmanually

Walkingandrunning

Workplacesandemployers

Hereare the typical workplaces where Home support workers caregiversand related occupations are employed and some of their maincharacteristics :

Selfemployment

Privatehouseholds

Homecareagencies

Workenvironment Help Physical WorkEnvironment

Indoorsenvironmentallycontrolled

Biologicalagents

Inan enclosed vehicle orequipment

Standardsafetyequipment

Physicalproximity from others Help Physical proximity fromothers

Close(at arm slength).

Requirements

Thisis what you typically need for thejob.

Somesecondary school education is usuallyrequired.

Homemanagement experience may berequired.

Collegeor other courses in home support may berequired.

Firstaid certification may berequired.

Completionof a training program in care of the elderly care of persons withdisabilities convalescent care or in a related field may berequired.

SourceNational OccupationalClassification

Professionalcertification andlicensing

Ontario

Ifthis occupation is regulated you may need to get a professionallicense from a regulatory authority before you can start working.

Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary depending on theoccupation.

Ifthe licence is compulsory you must be certified before you canpractise the occupation and use the professionaldesignation.

Ifthe licence is voluntary you don t need to be certified to practisethisoccupation.

Findout if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatoryauthority to learn about the certificationprocess.

COMPETENCIES

SkillsHelp Skills

Proficiency orcomplexitylevel

OralCommunication : Active Listening

3ModerateLevel

SocialPerceptiveness

3 ModerateLevel

Coordinating

2LowLevel

Instructing

2LowLevel

Monitoring

2Low Level

TimeManagement

2 LowLevel

Managementof Material Resources

2 LowLevel

OperationMonitoring of Machinery andEquipment

2 LowLevel

Writing

2LowLevel

Numeracy

2LowLevel

Importance

ServiceOrientation

4 Highlyimportant

SocialOrientation

4 Highlyimportant

StressTolerance

4 Highlyimportant

Independence

4Highlyimportant

Concernfor Others

4 Highlyimportant

Collaboration

4Highlyimportant

Adaptability

4Highlyimportant

Attentionto Detail

4 Highlyimportant

ActiveLearning

3Important

Innovativeness

3Important

This is what you typically need for the job. Nurse practitionersusually require a master's degree in nursing; or completion of anursing program with additional advanced or extended primary healthcare nursing education;

and several years of practice as aregistered nurse. Registration with a regulatory body is requiredfor nurse practitioners in all provinces and territories.

SourceNational Occupational Classification Professional certification andlicensing Ontario If this occupation is regulated, you may need toget a professional license from a regulatory authority before youcan start working.

Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary,depending on the occupation. If the licence is compulsory, you mustbe certified before you can practise the occupation and use theprofessional designation.

If the licence is voluntary, you don tneed to be certified to practise this occupation. Find out if thisoccupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority tolearn about the certification process.

SKILLS PROFECIENCY ORCOMPLEXITY LEVEL Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest LevelCoordinating 4 - High Level Instructing 4 - High Level Monitoring 4- High Level Time Management 4 - High Level Writing 4 - High LevelReading Comprehension 4 - High Level Oral Communication : ActiveListening 4 - High Level Oral Communication : Oral Comprehension 4 -High Level Oral Communication : Oral Expression 4 - High LevelPersonal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes Importance ServiceOrientation 5 - Extremely important Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremelyimportant Concern for Others 5 - Extremely important Collaboration5 - Extremely important Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely importantAttention to Detail 5 - Extremely important Active Learning 4 -Highly important Social Orientation 4 - Highly importantIndependence 4 - Highly important Leadership 4 - Highly importantKnowledge Help - Knowledge Knowledge level Physical Health 3 -Advanced Level Biology 2 - Intermediate Level Humanities 2 -Intermediate Level Client Service 2 - Intermediate Level Languages2 - Intermediate Level Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level MentalHealth 2 - Intermediate Level Chemistry 1 - Basic Level BusinessManagement 1 - Basic Level Clerical 1 - Basic Level