Home Attendant/Community Health Worker 1 - Home Support - Abbotsford

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.
Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more .
We are currently looking to fill a Temporary Part Time opportunity for a Home Attendant/Community Health Worker 1 in Home Support located in Abbotsford, BC. This temporary role is available until November 2023.
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Detailed Overview
As part of a multidisciplinary health care team, the Community Health Worker 1 supports client independence and promotes a safe work environment by providing assistance with various housekeeping duties and activities outlined in the care plan. Travel is a requirement of this position. Transportation arrangements must meet the operational requirements of FH in accordance with the service assignment and require the use of a personal vehicle and Valid BC Driver's License.
Responsibilities

• Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as communication books and progress reports.
• Observes clients and their environments, and reports behavioural, physical, and/or cognitive changes as well as unsafe conditions to supervisor.
• Participates in staff meetings, quality improvement initiatives, committees and in-services, and maintains up-to-date knowledge through involvement in appropriate work-related continuing education, as required by Fraser Health.

As per care plan:

• Provides companionship by performing home based leisure activities with the client, such as engaging in conversation, reading with/or to the client, playing board games and/or card games.
• Supports set up and clean up pre and post personal care performed by Community Health Worker 2 or caregiver, by performing duties such as ensuring towels, soap, etc. are readily available for bathing.
• Assists with ordering and receiving groceries.
• Plans, prepares, and serves meals; provides assistance with clean up after meals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the parameters of the Home Support Guidelines.
• Provides short-term respite in the home, by performing duties such as sitting, socializing and engaging with clients in therapeutic activities (Strategies & Actions for Independent Living/SAIL exercises)
• Demonstrates methods and provides basic information to clients in relation to housekeeping, grocery shopping, meal planning and preparation, leisure activities etc.
• Performs housekeeping duties such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming, dusting, washing dishes, laundry, bed linen changes and emptying garbage.
• Promotes a safe and healthy working environment by observing routine precautions and infection control procedures, removing obvious hazards related to safety, reporting faulty equipment, accidents, injuries and near misses, and adhering to rules regarding safety.

Qualifications
Education and Experience

• Grade 12.
• FoodSafe.
• Class V BC Driver's License and access to personal vehicle with appropriate business insurance coverage.
• Recent, related experience of three months.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Or other Qualifications determined to be reasonable and relevant to the level of work.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Home management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Ability to operate related equipment and technology (iPhones, computers).
• Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.