The salary range for this position is CAD $27.92 - $29.60 / hour
Job Summary
We currently have exciting opportunities for Casual – Activity Worker/Community Care Aides to join our team in Abbotsford, B.C. We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service.
Come work with us!
Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.
Detailed Overview
The Activity Worker/Community Care Aide provides services to the Mobile Day Programs for Older Adults by implementing and participating in recreation and/or social activities, provides demonstrations, promotes client participation in activities, provides feedback, and, in collaboration with the Recreation Therapist/Recreation Coordinator, adapts and modifies established activities to meet the special needs of clients. In addition, assists clients with activities of daily living such as feeding, lifts and transfers, toileting and grooming, and assists with client intake including inputting client information into relevant databases.
Responsibilities
- Implements and participates in recreational and/or social activities designed to meet the needs of clients, providing demonstrations as required. In collaboration with the Recreation Therapist/Recreation Coordinator, adapts and modifies established activities to meet the special needs of clients.
- Participates in the development of activities by providing input to senior positions.
- Promotes client participation in activities and provides feedback regarding the performance and progress of clients.
- Observes clients and reports unsafe conditions and behavioural, physical and/or cognitive changes.
- Sets up furnishings, equipment and supplies for activities; cleans/sterilizes in accordance with established procedures.
- Accompanies clients on scheduled outings related to the Mobile Day Program.
- Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as statistics, progress reports, activity preparation reports, observation reports and client activity profiles.
- Provides personal care to clients by assisting with activities of daily living such as feeding, lifts and transfers, toileting and grooming.
- Demonstrates personal care methods and provides basic information to clients in relation to personal care.
- Performs limited food preparation such as heating prepared food, making tea, coffee, toast, etc.
- Maintains an inventory of equipment, tools, and materials related to activities.
- Performs general word processing and data entry functions such as inputting client information into relevant computerized systems, maintaining relevant registers, and typing from rough draft or general instruction, including correspondence, reports, and documents.
- Assists with client intake by performing duties such as obtaining client information and completing documentation required. Schedules and confirms clients for appointments, and maintains waiting lists.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 12, completion of a recognized Activity Assistant Program and a Resident Care Attendant Certificate, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Certificates in First Aid, CPR and Food Safe.
Skills and Abilities
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
- Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to organize and prioritize.
- Ability to demonstrate and carry out various arts and crafts, handicrafts, and sports activities.
- Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.
- Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients.
- Ability to keyboard at 25 words per minute.
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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