Home and Community Care Worker II

• Shift Work: Shift Work Not Required
• Unionized Position: Yes
• Regular or Restricted: Restricted to Nunavut Inuit Applicants

Title: Home and Community Care Worker II
Department: Health
Community: Kinngait, Resolute Bay, Igloolik, Qikiqtarjuaq, 
Requisition Number: 1018
Type of Employment: Indeterminate

Salary range: $75,814 to $86,032 per year, 37.5 hours/week  

Northern Allowance: $24,676 - $33,704 per year 
Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date: October 16, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time

This employment opportunity is restricted to all Nunavut Inuit.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Home and Community Care, the Home and Community Care II The is a cornerstone of Nunavut’s health care system, ensuring that vulnerable clients receive safe, dignified, and culturally appropriate care in their homes. This position provides essential personal care and specialized support, including assistance with bathing, grooming, mobility, medication reminders, and individualized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post-acute clients. 

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities for the Home and Community Care II include: 

• Providing comprehensive personal care, including bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, medication reminders, and mobility assistance, ensuring client safety 

• Performing specialized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post-acute clients, applying individualized care plans and client-specific training to meet complex health needs

• Monitoring client health status and living conditions, exercising independent judgment to identify risks and determine when urgent escalation to health professionals 

• Preparing and planning meals, including therapeutic diets, and assists with grocery shopping to support nutritional health and recovery

• Maintaining accurate and timely documentation of care activities, observations, and client interactions to ensure continuity of care and compliance with program standards

• Advocating for client needs within the health system, applying a cultural lens to ensure care plans respect Inuit values and traditions

Qualifications

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through completion of grade 10 education 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.

Assets considered for this position are: training in Personal Care Skills, BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) and First Aid Certificates 

This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in Inuktitut is required for the position.  Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture,land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.  
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check. 
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution.  Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.