Becoming an Independent In-Home Care/Personal Support Worker/Home Helper in Canada

Reasons to become an independent in-home care/personal support worker.

Are you an experienced independent home care worker, personal support worker or home helper who is familiar with an Asian culture and speaks an Asian language?

Becoming a home care or personal support worker can be an incredibly rewarding. You provide a vital and essential service that improves the quality of life of your clients and sets the stage for a career path to nursing or an allied health profession.

Now is the time to become a home care or personal support worker. Care and personal support workers are in demand everywhere because of the severe shortage of nurses across Canada/U.S. You can choose to work independently for a private employer and set your own hours and wages or you can obtain additional formal personal support training from a vocational college and apply for jobs in a hospital, nursing home, or a community home care agency.

Clients who hire you directly to work in their home to care for a loved one are looking for someone who is honest, caring, attentive, kind, and have a sincere desire to help them. Simply having experience being a family caregiver for an elderly parent or a disabled family member provides you with many of the fundamental skills needed to kickstart your career as an independent home care/personal support worker. Your role as an independent care provider allows you to form meaningful and strong relationships with your employer and their loved one. As an independent home care/personal support worker you have the flexibility to choose your clients and negotiate flexible hours and wages that allow you to obtain higher education to advance your career.

If you are looking for a job that makes a difference in people’s lives, becoming an independent home care/personal support worker providing care to a private household could be the perfect fit for you.

How much does a home/personal care worker earn?

Home and personal care workers in Canada have the potential to earn a wide range of salaries depending on their experience, qualifications, and region. In Canada, hourly minimum wage for various job classifications is established by federal, provincial and territorial governments. According to Job Bank Canada (2022), home/personal support workers can earn between $13-35 per hour plus overtime if your employer requires you to work beyond the standard 40-hour work week.

Where can a home care/personal support worker work?

Home care/personal support workers can be self-employed or employed by home care and support agencies or private households. Home care and personal support workers provide services that are not considered to be regulated acts. Therefore, as the services they provide are not regulated acts, they are considered unregulated health care providers and do not require a license from a regulatory health college to practice. Personal support workers employed in clinical settings such as a hospital, nursing home, or assisted living facility require formal on-the-job training provided either by the employing institution or a vocational school and must work under the supervision of a Registered Health Professional within the framework of Canada’s Regulated Health Professions Act.

Finding Employment as an Independent Home Care Provider

Asian Caregivers is a values-focused company that was established with a mission to connect a caring community of Asian language caregivers with clients seeking at home care for themselves or loved ones. Asian Caregivers envisions its online platform www.asiancaregivers.ca will become the virtual meeting place of choice where sincere, reliable, trustworthy culture-sensitive caregivers can promote themselves and provide the best care to the elderly who have embraced the choice to live at home.

Asian Caregivers understands how important it is to pair Asian language speaking in-home workers with compatible clients. To find a job as an Asian language home care worker, personal support worker, or housekeeper join the Asian Caregivers online community.

Please visit the Asian Caregivers platform and register for free now! https://www.asiancaregivers.ca/register_caregivers?caregivers/1

Caregivers registered on the Asian Caregivers platform can use Asian Caregivers Roadmap for Caregivers© roadmap to guide the creation of their Asian Caregivers account profiles.