Home & Community Care Worker IIPart Time

About the role

Reporting to the Supervisor, Home and Community Care, the Home and Community Care Worker II provides essential personal care and specialized support in home and community settings. The role involves assisting clients with bathing, grooming, mobility, medication reminders, and individualized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post-acute clients. The worker exercises independent judgement in monitoring health status, identifying risks, and determining when to escalate concerns to health professionals, often in unpredictable and isolated environments where immediate clinical support is not available. These decisions directly affect client safety, well‑being, and continuity of care, reducing preventable hospital admissions and alleviating pressure on acute care facilities. The position carries accountability for maintaining strict confidentiality, adhering to health and safety protocols, and advocating for client needs through a cultural lens to ensure care plans respect Inuit values and traditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care including bathing, grooming, and mobility assistance
• Offer medication reminders and support
• Deliver individualized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post‑acute clients
• Monitor client health status and identify emerging risks
• Exercise independent judgement to escalate concerns to health professionals
• Maintain strict confidentiality of client information
• Adhere to health and safety protocols
• Advocate for client needs through a cultural lens, ensuring care plans respect Inuit values and traditions
• Document care activities using basic computer systems

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem‑solving and judgement in identifying health risks and determining appropriate actions
• Ability to interpret and convey health‑related information accurately
• Capacity to work independently in unpredictable home environments under indirect supervision
• Physical ability to assist with transfers, mobility, and household tasks
• Completion of Grade 12 and two years of home care experience, or equivalent life experience providing personal care for family or community members (including Elders or individuals with health challenges)
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check and clear Vulnerable Sector Check (Highly Sensitive Position)

Assets

• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) certification
• First Aid certificate
• Training in personal care skills or home support
• Basic computer skills for documentation
• Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages (Inuktut, English, French)
• Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, and Inuktut
• Experience working in a northern cross‑cultural environment

Additional information

• This employment opportunity is restricted to Nunavut Inuit; an eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Priority hiring will be given to Nunavut Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of Nunavut’s official languages (Inuktut, English, French).
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department with their application.
• Possession of a criminal record does not automatically disqualify candidates; records are assessed against the scope and duties of the position.
• Candidates with foreign post‑secondary credentials must have them assessed through a recognized Canadian educational institution; failure to do so may result in rejection.
• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.