Andrew Jantzen
This is NOT a homecare company. I am a single individual seeking backup personal support workers. I am a 37 year old queer, trans, power wheelchair user with a g-tube and I live on my own with my cat.
Experience or certifications in disability support work are not required.
No cover letter is required, but applications without answers to the Indeed Questions will not be considered.
This position will be 6 hours a week, plus being available for backup when other staff are sick or have other emergencies.
Shifts are usually 9 am – 3 pm on Sundays.
Other shifts for backup are 8:30 am-2:30/3pm and 5:30 pm to 10:30/11 pm 7 days a week.
Starting training as soon as possible.
MUST BE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN HALIFAX/ HRM
Job location: South End Halifax
Do you like cooking, doing handy things, and keeping environments clean/tidy?
Do you have strong communication skills, can follow directions, and take initiative in managing a home?
Looking for flexible work?
Submit answers to the following questions along with your resume.
Q: How does your experience (work, volunteer, or life experience) makes you a good fit for this position?
Q: What is your experience with disability community or experiences?
Q: What is your experience/ familiarity with queer and trans community or topics?
Q: What email can we reach you at? (Indeed messaging is not always sending. If you do not fill this out, we may not be able to contact you. )
Deadline for applications: as soon as possible
Description
This position is a support role for me (Andrew, the employer) to go about my daily life as a disabled person. It is important that the person in this role sees themselves as taking on a supportive, client-centered approach, taking my lead rather than “caring for me” and be open to doing things differently. On-the-job training will be provided by the employer.
Candidates must mask while inside the home. The work environment is queer and trans friendly, sex and body positive, and scent and smoke free (with the exception of medicinal marijuana vapour and mild natural scents).
This position is great for people who can work somewhat flex hours, enjoy working one-on-one, and want to be a part of building a culture of community and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Location: South end Halifax (by the Queen Street Sobeys)
Responsibilities:
• Tube feeding preparation and cooking and baking (gluten and dairy free). Including helping with a food blog!
• Accompaniment on trips for appointments, errands (i.e. grocery shopping), recreational and social events using the Carshare, taxi or Access-a-Bus.
• General house cleaning, organization, and laundry.
• Support with positioning, transfers, physio exercises and stretching.
• Providing assistance preparing for the day and nighttime with bathing, dressing, and personal grooming.
• Administrative support
• Assisting with medication management. (Crushing tablets and administering through a g tube. Preparing medicinal marijuana.)
Requirements:
• Comfortable with providing personal care, food preparation, household tasks, and handling medications.
• Capable of light lifting (ex. laundry and groceries.)
• Valid first aid and CPR
• Up to date vaccinations
• Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check upon hiring
Our ideal candidate is:
• Able to follow verbal and written communications and asks questions
• Organized with strong time-management skills
• Reliable, dependable, and punctual
• Open to feedback and working collaboratively
• Able to multitask and work independently
• Positive and easy-going
• Prioritizes people with disabilities making decisions and choices
• Flexible to changes in routines and able to remain calm in new situations
• Will take pride in maintaining the environment to the standard of the client
• Able to prioritize the needs of the client before their own
Assets:
• Experience with disability community
• Experience with queer and trans community
• Comfortable cooking gluten-free and dairy-free
• Experience or familiarity with feeding tubes, catheters, and/or medications.
• Has a passion for creating systems of organization
• Open to travel and overnight shifts for trips out of the city or province. These are rare, but they do come up. If they do happen, staff do not need to be vigilantly awake at night.
• Basic knowledge of household maintenance skills (such as sewing or putting up a shelf)
• Familiar with medicinal marijuana and vaping
• Has a driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable access to transportation
Pay rate: $18 + 4% vacation pay
This position is funded through the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors and Long Term Care and Department of Opportunities and Social Development, which provide funding to people with disabilities to hire their own personal support workers.
Job Types: Part-time, Casual
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 6 per week
Benefits:
• Casual dress
Flexible language requirement:
• French not required
Schedule:
• Day shift
• Every Weekend
• Night shift
Application question(s):
• How does your experience (work, volunteer, or life experience) makes you a good fit for this position?
• What experience do you have with queer and/or trans community or topics?
• What is your experience with disability topics and /or community, or people with disabilities?
• What email can we reach you at? (Indeed messaging is not reaching people. If you do not fill this out, we cannot contact you. )
• Are you regularly availability Sundays 9 am- 3pm? Do you have other availability during typical shifts? (8:30am-3pm or 5:30-10:30/11 pm any day of the week)
Work Location: In person