- Paid internship: Clinical services agent for caregivers
Are you training in gerontology, psychology, social work or healthcare? Do you enjoy talking to caregivers to identify their needs? Do you have the empathy and interpersonal skills required to establish contact with the elderly?
Then we want to hear from you!
At Baluchon, you’ll find a human-centred, dynamic and caring team driven by a desire to help others. We celebrate diversity of being and thinking.
Baluchon’s unique approach involves devoting several hours of pre- and post-care time to identifying the family’s needs, matching them with the right respite worker and offering a continuum of services after respite. To achieve this, a team of four people supervises each of our baluchonnages (respite work periods) and creates a close and direct contact with the caregiver.
Job description
Under the supervision of the clinical services coordinator, the agent receives requests from social services, interviews the caregiver to identify pre-baluchonnage needs and completes the caregiver’s file. After the baluchonnage, the agent reviews the respite worker’s Care Journal/diaries and follows up with the family and social worker.
Requirements
Training in gerontology, psychology, social work or healthcare
Office skills
Analytical skills and attention to detail
Knowledge of degenerative diseases (asset)
Fluency in spoken and written French. English (asset)
Start date: spring/summer 2024
Conditions: 35h / week
Work locations: Four days telecommuting and one day in Montreal near Sauvé metro station.
Please send us your CV and a cover letter, with the code STA2024.
Baluchon Long-term Respite Care is a Quebec-based non-profit organization which has now existed for over 20 years. Its mission is to offer respite and support to caregivers who wish to keep their loved ones at home, despite illness or loss of autonomy. Baluchon is expanding rapidly, and now offers services to new types of users, including care recipients who are at end of life, who are bedridden or suffering from degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, ALS and MS. It is the only NPO to offer long-term in-home respite (4 to 14 days), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its services are available throughout Quebec at a low cost to families.