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44101.00 – Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations

Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations, provide personal care and companionship for seniors, persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. They provide care in the client's residence, where they may also reside.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Attendant for persons with disabilities - home care
  • Family caregiver
  • Home support worker
  • Live-in caregiver - seniors
  • Personal aide - home support
  • Personal care attendant - home care
  • Respite worker - home support

Core competencies

  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to clearly explain daily routines or changes in clients' care in order to foster a supportive and informative environment
  • Social Perceptiveness to listen to client needs, concerns and preferences, including a client’s description of their symptoms in order to manage their health and adjust care as needed
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness to properly perform tasks that require precision and care, such as administering medications, assisting with personal hygiene or handling delicate items
  • Multitasking to handle various tasks simultaneously, such as assisting with personal care, preparing meals, managing medications and providing companionship
  • Attention to Detail to address client needs effectively, including observing changes in health, ensuring medical routines are followed correctly and noting any changes in a client's conditions
  • Knowledge in Hospitality to understand the social and emotional needs of clients to notice signs of distress or loneliness, and offer interventions for client emotional well-being

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • 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.

Additional information

  • There is mobility among the occupations in this group.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Home child care providers (44100)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

4 – Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

44 – Care providers and public protection support occupations

Sub-major group

441 – Home care provider occupations

Minor group

4410 – Home care provider occupations

Unit group

44101 – Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations

Occupational profile

44101.00 – Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations

O*NET in-it

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