What the posting asks for

• No experience needed
• High school
• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• 30 to 40 hours a week
• Shifts: early mornings, mornings, days, evenings, nights, weekends
• Full time, Permanent employment
• In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Some secondary school education is usually required.
• Home management experience may be required.
• College or other courses in home support may be required.
• First aid certification may be required.
• Completion of a training program in care of the elderly, care of persons with disabilities, convalescent care or in a related field may be required.
• Often asked for in B.C.: FOODSAFE Level 1. B.C.'s food safety course. Food service employers often ask for it.
• Often asked for in B.C.: BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry. Health care assistants working for B.C.'s publicly funded employers must be registered.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, convalescence or family disruption
• Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing
• Plan and prepare meals and special diets, and feed or assist in feeding clients
• May perform routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
• May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds.

About the employer

• Industry: Private households
• Region: Vancouver Island and Coast Region