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Personal Support Worker - Hawkesbury
@ Access Healthcare Services Inc
Hawkesbury, Ontario
Overview
Access Healthcare Services Inc is hiring full-time Personal Support Workers to serve home and community care clients in Hawkesbury and surrounding areas. The work covers personal care, mobility support, feeding, light housekeeping and reporting health changes. The posting states a salary of $25.50 to $26.75 per hour, a minimum of 20 hours per week, and a flexible schedule based on availability.
Pay:
$25.50–$26.75 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Assist clients with bathing, dressing, oral hygiene and daily living activities
- Help clients with mobility, transfers and positioning
- Assist with feeding, light meal preparation and light housekeeping
- Assist with toileting and incontinence care
- Report health changes or safety risks to supervisor
Requirements summary:
- Personal Support Worker certificate or DSW certificate, or first year nursing completed
- Valid CPR and Step 2 TB test within 2 years
- Vulnerable sector police check under 6 months old
- Vehicle with valid driver's licence and $2 million liability insurance
- Available 20 hours per week minimum and every second weekend
- Strong English communication skills
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Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- Not provided
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-12
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-19
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 35 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Personal Support Worker certificate, CPR, Step 2 TB test |
| Driver’s licence | required, own vehicle |
| Background checks | criminal record |
| Education | Trade certificate (required) |
| Fields of study | Personal Support Worker, Developmental Services Worker |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Visa sponsorship, Performance bonus, Paid training |
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Access Healthcare Services Inc
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 27 |
Job Description
Access Healthcare Services is a leading home and community healthcare provider serving the Ottawa and Champlain region. AHS provides nursing, personal and home support services on behalf of Ontario Health at Home, insurance providers, community partners and private individuals. AHS holds exemplary status with Accreditation Canada and offers a range of nursing and support services including specialty and ambulatory care clinics, in-home nursing and personal support, corporate wellness services and facility staffing relief.
Access Healthcare Services Inc. is currently looking for Personal Support Workers (PSW) to service our home and community care clients in Hawkesbury and surrounding areas.
Government funded incentives:
- Up to $10,000 for recent graduates (April 1, 2023, onwards)
- Up to $10,000 for PSW’s returning to the profession
More information about these incentives can be seen below.
What we offer:
- Additional $0.50/hour evening and weekend premium
- $250 referral bonus
- Salary: $25.50-$26.75 per hour
- RRSP match
- Paid mileage
- Paid training and education
- Company-sponsored health and dental benefits for you and your family
- Flexible work environment, which is based on your availability
What will you do:
- Assist clients with bathing (partial, complete, tub, or shower)
- Assist clients with oral hygiene, hair care, dressing, and all activities of daily living
- Assist clients with ambulation, transferring, and positioning in bed or chair
- Assist with physio exercises, ROM, etc. as per therapist’s care plan
- Assist clients with feeding and light meal preparation
- Perform light housekeeping duties as per service plan
- Make/change clients bedding as required
- Assist clients with toileting or incontinence care
- Assist and/or remind client to take medication (Do not administer medication)
- Report any changes in health condition, or safety risks to immediate supervisor
- Perform delegated tasks, specific to each client; delegated by nurse or immediate supervisor
What will you need:
- Personal Support Worker Certificate (or equivalent) from a licensed Canadian educational institution, DSW Certificate or a successful first year nursing completion.
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccinations
- Vehicle required with valid driver’s license
- Car insurance with a liability of $2 million
- Valid CPR
- Step 2 TB Test (Completed within the last 2 years)
- Vulnerable Sector Police Check (less than 6 months old)
- Must be available to work every second weekend
- Must be available for 20 hours per week minimum
The skills and qualities we look for:
- Kind and compassionate approach to care
- Flexible & reliable
- Comfortable traveling to client’s home
- Strong communication skills in English (verbal & written)
- Bilingual (an asset)
- Willingness to drive & travel
- Use of an insured reliable vehicle
- Ability to provide holistic, client centered care
- Ability to work independently and part of a team
- Cultural education and experience
- Able to stand, bend, squat, kneel and reach freely; able to freely lift up to 35 pounds;
- Ability to travel up to 45 minutes if needed
Incentives:
We welcome students and recent graduates to join us and enjoy the incentives funded by the Health Force Ontario:
- $10,000 to recent PSW graduates on or after April 1, 2023 in exchange for a 12-month commitment to AHSI.
- $10,000 to PSW who were previously trained and, for the past 12 months, have not worked in a role providing direct patient, client or resident care as part of an organization providing health care or long-term care services in Ontario.
Please see the following link for additional information. https://www.healthforceontario.ca/en/Home/All_Programs/PSW_Initiatives
Access Healthcare Services Inc. is proud to announce that it has recently (2023) been awarded a 4-year Accreditation with Exemplary Standing, the highest award by Accreditation Canada. We are a nurse managed home healthcare organization that provides services on behalf of Ontario Health at Home, private individuals, insurance companies and other municipal and provincial organizations in various sectors.
As an equal opportunity employer, AHS is committed to diversity, inclusion and accessibility. AHS welcomes and encourages applications from all people. Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
We would like to thank everyone in advance for their interest in AHS, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.
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