About this role
Portuguese-Speaking Caregiver / PSW
Location: Milton, Ontario
We are seeking a compassionate, dependable Portuguese-speaking Caregiver / Personal Support Worker (PSW) to support a client in Milton. The successful candidate will provide personal care, companionship, respite, and assistance with daily household routines.
Key Responsibilities:
Personal care
• Assist with bathing or showering, dressing, grooming, shampooing, and oral hygiene.
• Support safe mobility, ambulation, and range-of-motion exercises as outlined in the care plan.
• Provide assistance with incontinence care and basic skin care.
• Plan and prepare meals.
Companionship and household support
• Provide companionship and respite for the client’s family.
• Assist with routine light housekeeping, such as vacuuming, dusting, sweeping or mopping, washing dishes, changing bed linens, doing laundry, and cleaning the bathroom.
Medication reminders
• Remind the client about medications they self-administer, in accordance with the care plan.
• Medication administration is not part of this role.
Qualifications:
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of a provincially approved Personal Support Worker, Certified Nurse Aide, or Health Care Aide program—or equivalent experience—is an asset.
• Successful completion of the PSW/HHA skills assessment.
• Successful completion of the DEARS (Drugs and Ethics) test.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English as needed for the role.
• Ability to speak Portuguese is required; Spanish is an asset.
• Valid driver’s licence and access to an insured vehicle, or reliable transportation suitable for the job.
This job description is intended as a guide and may not include every responsibility or duty associated with the position.