Peer Support Worker

Work setting

• Urban area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Provide companionship
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Cook

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Females
• Males
• Persons with an intellectual disability
• Persons with mental health disabilities
• Adults
• Persons with a disability

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Adult Abuse Registry check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Judgement
• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Dependability
• Reliability
• Punctuality
• Honesty
• Patience