- Support worker for person experiencing loss of autonomy - Respite worker
Do you enjoy helping and caring for others? Have you ever had a rewarding experience as a caregiver or worked with someone with a physical or cognitive limitation? Do you now have the time to help? We’re looking for people like you to become a respite worker.
Respite workers build strong ties with the caregiver, providing respite by replacing him or her in the home for a set period of time, between 4 and 14 consecutive days. The respite worker provides 24-hour care for the person being cared for, while the caregiver takes a break outside the home.
The respite worker also keeps a Care Journal, which she must complete on a daily basis. She is supported at all times by an experienced and dedicated clinical team.
YOUR ROLE:
- Hygiene care (bathing assistance, hygiene routine assistance, incontinence underwear changes, washing and cleaning)
- Meal preparation (food preparation, cooking, organization and clean-up of kitchen area)
- Moving around (transferring the care recipient around the home, help with getting dressed, use of lift if necessary)
- Medication (strict adherence to the medication prescribed by the healthcare professional)
- Cognitive activities (as appropriate)
- Constant monitoring and well-being of the care recipient (available 24 hours a day)
CONDITIONS:
- Status: Permanent, according to availability
- Salary: According to your availability. 30,000 to $60,000/year and more
- Bonuses: Depending on complexity and length of stay
- Duration: Available to work up to 14 consecutive days per month.
- Territory covered: In your region and throughout Quebec
- Reimbursement of mileage and accommodation expenses if necessary
- Paid training
REQUIREMENTS:
- Close experience with a person who has lost or is losing their autonomy;
- Knows and understands seniors or adults who are not physically or cognitively autonomous. Demonstrates the ability to communicate with them, establish a relationship of trust, support them and intervene in a helping relationship;
- Flexibility and openness;
- Ability to adapt to change;
- Values of respect, tolerance and empathy;
- Languages required: French (spoken and written), English (spoken), any other language is an asset;
- Is able to work flexible hours depending on the volume of requests received, and is able to leave home regularly for periods of 4 to 14 days / 24 hrs/24 (max. 168 days/year);
- Is able to travel throughout the territory covered by Baluchon Long-term Respite Care;
- Basic IT skills (Outlook, Word, cellphone);
- Owns a car (an asset).
You can send us your CV and cover letter throughout the year. We organize regular recruitment sessions as needs arise. The next session will be held in March 2024, so CVs received will be processed in early 2024.
ABOUT US
Baluchon Long-term Respite Care was founded in 1999. Its mission is to offer home-based respite and long-term support services to families who have a loved one in need throughout Quebec. Our headquarters are in Montréal, while our respite workers operate across Quebec. We particularly need respite workers from the Montréal, Quebec, Outaouais, Saguenay — Lac-St-Jean, Estrie, Montérégie, Chaudière-Appalaches and Mauricie regions. We also have occasional needs in the James Bay, Côte-Nord and Iles-de-la-Madeleine regions.
- 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.