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$22.50 - $24.74 / hour
Full-time
Temporary
Experienced
Zone: Eastern Urban Zone
Location: Majors Path
Homemaker
Mental Health and Addictions Program
Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT Team)
Temporary Full-time (until January 2, 2027, with possibility of extension)
NAPE HS
06804RP1

Hours: 75 bi-weekly (12 hours, 8 hours; Days, Evenings, Weekends)

Salary: CG23 (CAD22.50 - CAD24.74 per hour)

Competition Number: VAC0020512

Posted Date: 2026-01-26

Closing Date: 2026-02-02

Job Summary
As part of the ACT Team, this position provides direct home support and community access to clients with severe and persistent mental illness. This position provides a full range of services including assisting clients with life skills (cooking, shopping, money management, housekeeping, making and attending appointments). They will encourage personal care and assist with medication compliance. The homemaker will be responsible for observing for changes in health status and reporting same to the ACT Team. They will encourage and accompany clients in leisure and recreational activities or community events. They will also advocate on behalf of clients for resources as well as provide emotional support.

Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limed to):
Occasionally lifts and moves objects less than 10 lbs.
Regularly drives to and from client's residence, and drive clients to various locations.
Regularly sit at a desk and use the computer.
Visual concentration is required for physical changes or abnormal behaviour in clients and auditory concentration is required for communication purposes. Other sensory demands include smell (to detect illegal substances, alcohol, or personal hygiene issues).
Working with clients with mental health issues can require higher than normal levels of attentiveness or alertness for the health and safety of others.
Often times, there are time pressures, deadlines, interruptions and lack of control over the pace of work.
Exact results and precision are required when documenting information on client's progress to ensure that an accurate record of daily activities and/or incidents is reflected.

Job Qualifications
Post-secondary education in Mental Health is required.
Experience working with clients/patients/residents with severe and persistent mental illness is required; this would include a demonstrated ability to support people with activities of daily living.
BLS Certification is required.
A valid Newfoundland and Labrador Class 5 Driver's License and the use of a personal vehicle are conditions of employment.
A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required.

Competition Number: VAC0020512
Company Website: https://NLHealthServices.ca/
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About NL Health Services

If you come from away, you’ll discover just how special Newfoundland and Labrador is. If you're a local, you already know this. It’s our people. It’s our culture. It’s our stories (and oh do we love our stories).

If you’re looking to grow your health career in a place with adventure around each corner and a strong sense of community, then let’s put on the kettle and have a chat. Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services might just be the perfect fit for you.

Why join NL Health Services?

There are many reasons. You will put your skills to great use in a unique and remarkable part of the world, be part of interdisciplinary and talented health-care teams and have access to state-of-the-art equipment and modern facilities.

  • We also offer incentives for local talent, those looking to return home and those new to our province.
  • Competitive remuneration and attractive benefits package.
  • Generous vacation packages and paid time off.
  • Full-time and part-time pension plans options.
  • Health insurance, dental and long-term disability plans.
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  • Remote work options available.
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With a rich and unique culture, and tremendous natural beauty, Newfoundland and Labrador is an ideal place to call home, with a growing diverse population and among the safest places in the world to live.

About NL Health Services

At NL Health Services, we are responsible for delivering health and community services to more than 510,550 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador. Our team consists of more than 22,000 dedicated health workers who are committed to providing the best care in communities across the province, in five geographical areas.

The provincial health authority was created in April 2023, following recommendations from Health Accord NL, and brings together five former separate health entities. Our goal is to improve the health of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and to create a more integrated, accessible, technologically enhanced, equitable and sustainable health system.

We know that it is the people – employees, physicians and volunteers – that together make NL Health Services a great place to work. We believe that every person carries valuable knowledge, experience and perspective, and it is in this diversity that we find strength. At NL Health Services, we embrace the distinct and complementary characteristics of all our members as we seek to eliminate health disparities by providing fair, equitable and quality health care to all patients, residents and clients.

If your passion is to provide extraordinary health care to the residents of the communities of Newfoundland and Labrador, we want to hear from you.

Come, work with us, and be extraordinary every day!

For more information, please visit: https://nlhealthservices.ca/.

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