Join our team at Own Chair Home Care
At Own Chair Home Care, we offer more than just a job; we provide a meaningful career where your work makes a real difference. Discover why caregivers love working with us and become a valued part of our dedicated team.
Why caregivers love working with Own Chair
We value your skills with above-median local pay, consistent client matching, and unhurried 3-hour minimum visits. Our local hyper-focus ensures you spend more time caring and less time commuting. You should not be rushed through a 15-minute stop, then sent across a bridge for the next one. We match you with one or two primary clients close to home whenever we can, so you know the house, the routine, and the person. Visits are at least three hours. There is time to sit, notice what has changed, and do the work properly. Pay is above the Lower Mainland median, because good care starts with treating caregivers fairly. Every hour is covered by WorkSafeBC. You get a written care plan, paid orientation, and a coordinator you can actually reach. If a home is unsafe, you leave. We will back that. We are looking for people who show up on time, respect a senior’s home, and want a steady book rather than a revolving door. If that is how you already work, you will fit here.
Companionship & engagement
Create meaningful connections and enhance your clients' lives with attentive companionship.
This is more than sitting in the room. It is knowing how they take their tea, which chair is theirs, and what a quieter morning means. A walk, a conversation, a favourite show, or simply being there so the afternoon is not spent alone. You notice what has changed and you pass it on, so the family is not left guessing.
Companionship is part of the job, not filler around the tasks. We give you at least three hours so there is time to do it properly, with a client you already know. Show up as yourself, listen more than you talk, and treat their home as theirs. That is the work.
Daily assistance
Assist with daily tasks, ensuring seniors maintain independence and dignity in their own homes.
Daily assistance is the practical work that keeps a household running. A meal they will actually eat. A shower that does not feel rushed. Help getting dressed, getting to an appointment, or keeping the kitchen and laundry from piling up. The point is not to take the day over. It is to handle the parts that have become hard, so your loved one can keep the rest.
We follow the routine already in the house. Their chair, their timing, their preferences. A trained caregiver handles personal care when it is needed. If something is outside our scope, we say so and help you arrange the right service around ours.
Safety & wellbeing
Monitor and promote a safe environment, focusing on the senior's wellbeing and peace of mind.
Safety is part of every visit, not a separate task at the end. You notice the loose rug, the dim hallway, the walker left out of reach, and the quieter morning that does not match yesterday. You follow the care plan, use only the transfers you have been trained for, and you do not improvise when something is outside your scope.
If a person is in immediate danger, call 911 first, then the family, then us. If the home itself is unsafe, you leave and tell us. We will back that. Families get peace of mind because someone they trust is paying attention, and because what you notice gets passed on the same day.
Benefits & support
Join a team where flexible scheduling, paid orientation, comprehensive safety protocols, and local management support define your work experience. You should know your hours before the week starts, and those hours should fit a real life. Weekdays, evenings, or weekends. Part-time or a fuller book. We build the schedule around your availability and keep visits in a local cluster whenever we can, so you are not losing the day to bridge traffic. Before you work alone, you get paid orientation and a shadow shift. Every home has a written care plan. You are not sent in cold, and you are not left to guess what is in scope. A local coordinator is a call or a message away, including when something changes mid-visit. Questions get an answer from someone who knows the client, not a distant call centre. As the book grows, caregivers who want it can take on mentoring or lead shifts. The standard stays the same: fair pay, familiar clients, and enough time to do the work properly.
Flexible, life-balanced scheduling
We tailor your schedule around your life, ensuring balance and preventing burnout. You should know your hours before the week starts, and those hours should fit a real life. Weekdays, evenings, or weekends. A few shifts, or a fuller book. We build the schedule around your availability, not the other way around. Visits stay in a local cluster whenever we can so there is time to do the work properly, and time left at the end of the day. If something changes mid-week, a local coordinator handles it. You are not left to sort a sick call on your own, and you are not booked into a day that does not fit. The point is steady work you can keep doing, not a schedule that burns you out in a month.
Training & growth opportunities
Gain confidence with our comprehensive orientation, training, and shadow shifts. You are not sent into a home alone on day one. Paid orientation covers how we work, what is in scope, and how to use the care plan and the app. Then you shadow a visit before you work one yourself, so the first house is not a guess. Training does not stop there. Fall prevention, dementia care, safe transfers, and infection basics are part of staying ready, and we pay you for the time. If you want to grow, lead shifts and mentoring open up as the book grows. The standard stays the same: know the client, know the plan, and have enough time to do the work properly.
