Resident Care Aide - Orleans, Canada - Symphony Senior Living Orleans
Description
Symphony Senior Living Orleans is currently seeking part-time Resident Specialists (PSW) with caring hearts. No PSW certification required. We will teach you how to care for seniors with dementia and Alzheimer's. We will teach you our systems, programs, and philosophy. However, we cannot teach compassion and empathy, so you will demonstrate those to us in an interview process.
Symphony Senior Living is a leading provider of quality senior services in Canada; we provide private pay services to residents in our beautiful communities.
We are the true alternative to a Long-Term Care facility - to that end we are not a medical institution; we are the home to many seniors of many levels of ability.
We serve both our Seniors and their loved ones.
If you love working with seniors and you find the challenge of connecting and serving seniors with physical and memory care needs rewarding this could be the position for you We require someone who is compassionate and driven to provide a high quality, interactive, residential environment to residents, their families and the team.
Job Requirements:
Symphony Resident Specialists support residents with all activities of daily living, including personal care, dining, activities, light housekeeping, and socialization.
Job Qualifications:
- Compassion, Common Sense and Empathy required
- Strong team orientation
- Demonstrates a positive, flexible work style and approach to the implementation of change
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Possesses current First Aid certificate or willing to acquire
- Certification as a personal support worker or equivalent is an asset, but not required if you possess the correct personality traits and have a desire to genuinely care for the senior population
- Must be able to communicate in English (written, verbal, reading) to a minimum High School Level. French language skills are an asset.
In addition:
- Symphony is an equal opportunity employer
- This position is _a Union _position
- You must pass a Vulnerable sector background check
- You must be able to work with dogs, cats and other animals
- Due to our high level of residents with dementia; your tattoos and piercings must either remained covered by clothing or are discrete. Any other external body decoration, including hair, must not be frightening to a frail senior with dementia.
- You must be legally allowed to work in Canada
- You must be in good physical health as this job requires lifting, sitting, standing and walking.
- Should there be an outbreak, must be able to carry out their duties.
- Flexible shift schedules
Salary:
From $15.69 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Onsite parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Orleans, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- personal care: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
- English (required)
Work Location:
One location
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