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NOC code: 6471
Occupation: Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations
Area: Prince Edward Island
Results Generated on: December 12, 2006
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Job Description

Nature of Work
Visiting homemakers provide ongoing or short-term home support services for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, convalescence or family disruption. They are employed by government, non-profit and home care agencies, or are self-employed. Housekeepers perform housekeeping and other home management duties in private households, embassies and other residential establishments. Companions provide elderly and convalescent clients with companionship and personal care in residential or institutional settings. They are employed by home care agencies or may be self-employed. Foster parents care for children or family members in their homes under the direction of a foster parent agency.
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Example Titles
companion
foster parent
home support worker
housekeeper
personal aide
personal care attendant
visiting homemaker
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Main Duties
Visiting homemakers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Care 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
- Demonstrate infant care to new parents
- May perform routine health-related duties such as change non-sterile dressings, administer medications and collect 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.
Housekeepers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Perform housekeeping and other home management duties under general direction of employer
- Plan and prepare meals independently or with employer, and may serve meals
- May care for children.
Companions perform some or all of the following duties:
- Provide elderly and convalescent clients with companionship and personal care in client's home under general direction of home care agency supervisor or family members
- Aid clients with ambulation, bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
Foster parents perform some or all of the following duties:
- Care for foster children, usually on an emergency or temporary basis, as family members under general direction of foster parent agency
- Consult foster parent agency supervisors for advice and when problems arise
- Administer therapeutic programs for foster children, as directed by foster agency social workers.
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Terms and Conditions - Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island
The work environment is in a residential or institutional setting.

Approximately 65 percent of the work is full-time.
Approximately 55 percent of the people employed in this occupation work on a year round basis.

Approximately 525 people are employed in this occupation in P.E.I.. Most of those employed are female. Most are employed in health care and social assistance industries, in different home care agencies.

Most of the workers live in the Queens and Prince County areas.

The starting wage, for workers with no experience, ranges from a minimum of $6.50 per hour to a maximum of $16.69 per hour and the average wage in this category is $9.57 per hour. For workers with experience , the starting wage ranges from a minimum of $6.50 to a maximum of $16.69 per hour and an average of $9.64 per hour.
Date published: 2005-12-21
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Additional Information
- There is mobility among the occupations in this group.
- Visiting homemakers may require college or other courses in home support.
- First-aid certification may be required.
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Related Occupations
- Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers (6474)
- Housekeepers who are house cleaners (in 6661 Light Duty Cleaners)
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Job and Skill Requirements
Employment Requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- Child-care or home management experience may be required.
- Visiting homemakers may require college or other courses in home support.
- First-aid certification may be required.
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Skills Requirements
Most employers who advertise are looking for workers with the following experience and skills:

Experience:
0 - 2 years

Specific Skills:
Perform light housekeeping and cleaning. Provide personal care. Prepare, cook and serve meals
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Employment Prospects
Employment Potential: Good
Employment Trends:
In the short term, the employment potential is good for this occupation. Within the next 3 to 6 months there will be employment opportunities for skilled workers in this occupation.

As the provincial health care system is continually moving towards more in-home care, increased job opportunities are also expected within community agencies and private home-care companies. Some employment opportunities are expected to result from retirements and people changing jobs.

Provincial Health Agencies are the largest employers of Home Care & Support Workers. Private sector employers hire the largest number of Community Care Workers.

There has been a steady increase in the number of individuals who are self-employed and work on a 'contract for services' basis with the agencies or with private households. Some of these have training in related health care fields.

Trends and Outlook to 2009

In P.E.I., the employment outlook for this occupation is good.

This is a large occupational group in PEI. As with all large occupations, there will be frequent job openings due to turnover and workers changing jobs.

Date published: 2006-04-25
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Wages & Salaries

Category Average Wage
($ / hr)		 High Wage
($ / hr)		 Low Wage
($ / hr)		 Reference period
General Wage 10.31 18.15 8.00 2003
9.57 16.69 6.50 2003
9.64 16.69 6.50 2003
Associations and Unions

Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations
780 Echo Dr.
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5R7
Phone: 613-730-5818

Canadian Healthcare Association
17 York St.
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9J6
Phone: 613-241-8005

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Annex B, Saint-Vincent Hospital, 60 Cambridge Street North
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7A5
Phone: 800-668-2785

Canadian Institute for Health Information
495 Richmond Road, Suite 600
Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 4H6
Phone: 613-241-7860

Health Care Human Resource Sector Council
45 Alderney Dr. Suite 815
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 2N6
Phone: 902-461-0871

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