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About the Role
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of Ontario's largest not-for-profit home care providers, employing nearly 3,000 professionals dedicated to making a difference in clients' lives. We offer high-quality, client-centred care in various community settings, providing flexibility and fostering meaningful bonds between providers and clients.
Responsibilities
- Assist and supervise clients with prescribed exercise programs or ADL training.
- Assist and supervise clients with walking, transfers, stairs, safe mobility, and positioning using proper body mechanics.
- Provide client/family education and support for physical, functional, and self-care needs.
- Assist with gross motor, fine motor, and balance activities.
- Monitor and report changes in health status to the Physiotherapist and/or Occupational Therapist.
- Participate in program planning, quality improvement, and evaluation.
- Document in the client record and collect required data.
- Support safe client care through continuous quality improvement.
- Adhere to policies and procedures related to safe client care.
- Apply core client safety knowledge, skills, and values.
- Adhere to applicable professional practice standards.
- Evaluate clients’ environmental and personal safety risks through in-home safety assessments/falls risk assessments.
- Assume responsibility for own health and safety.
- Ensure risk events, critical incidents, and accidents are reported in accordance with VHA policy and Ontario law.
- Adhere to organizational policies and procedures regarding workplace harassment and violence.
- Report all incidents of threat, abuse, or assault, including harassment, violence, bullying, intimidation, physical threats, assaults, robbery, or other intrusive behaviors.
- Ensure proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Employ best practice infection prevention and control measures.
Requirements
- Adheres to policies and procedures related to safe client care.
- Applies core client safety knowledge, skills, and values to everyday work.
- Adheres to applicable professional practice standards.
- As relevant, evaluate clients’ environmental and personal safety risks through in-home safety assessments/falls risk assessments and other assessments as required.
- Assumes responsibility for own health and safety by adhering to required policies and best practices.
- Ensures that risk events, critical incidents and accidents are reported in accordance with VHA policy and Ontario law.
- Adheres to organizational policies and procedures regarding workplace harassment and violence.
- Reports all incidents in which a person is threatened, abused, or assaulted in circumstances related to their work, including all forms of harassment, violence, bullying, intimidation, physical threats or assaults, robbery or other intrusive behaviours at any level of the organization including criminal intent, client or customer relations, worker-to-worker or personal relationships.
- Ensures proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing required by VHA.
- Employs all best practice infection prevention and control measures in accordance with VHA policy and procedures.
Skills
- Client-centred care
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Adaptability
- Infection prevention and control
- Body mechanics
- Client education
- Documentation
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Home care
- Community settings
Salary/Compensations
- $50,000–$75,000
Benefits
- Benefits and pension plan for permanent eligible employees
- Compensation for education and professional development
- Comprehensive orientation and training
- Mentorship and peer support
- Career development opportunities
- Employee and family assistance program
- Wellness resources
- Perks & discounts
- Staff & service provider events
About the Company
- VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario.
- Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals.
- Our providers form meaningful bonds with the clients and families they serve over time and are supported by a diverse regional team and beneficial home office programs.
- VHA is accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada; an RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designate; and a founding member agency of United Way Greater Toronto.
- In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care.
Equal Opportunity
- VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is committed to upholding our commitments to being an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We champion inclusion and diversity in all parts of our organization.
- A diverse workforce is key to the ongoing and future success of VHA.
- We aim to review all applicants with fair and unbiased recruitment practices where opportunities are presented based on merits, skills, and experience.
- VHA is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and our services are accessible and sensitive to the needs of diverse groups.