Carefor Health & Community Services

Bring your skills and passion for client-centred care to your community. Carefor is hiring community and clinic nurses.

Carefor offers a work/life balance, wide scope of practice, on the job training and support, and the HOOPP Pension Plan.

Visit our website to see how Carefor is the right move for you and your nursing career.

https://carefor.ca/careers/nursing-careers/

We are so lucky! We get to work with seniors.

All the fun, kindness, wisdom, caring, stories and more they bring into our lives - it is a privilege to spend our days with them.

To all the seniors who make our community better, Happy Seniors Month.

How are you celebrating a senior in your life this month?

Congratulations to our Carefor Stars for your exceptional work helping your clients and colleagues!



Nominate your Carefor Star at www.carefor.ca/stars

Are you looking for a retirement home in Ottawa and are overwhelmed by the cost?

Did you know Carefor operates two retirement homes in the Ottawa Valley: Civic Complex and Mackay Centre.

Both offer exceptional care at affordable prices - starting at $1,700, plus the first month is free.

But more than this, Civic and Mackay are communities where our residents are looked after and can build a new life with new friends.

We're here to care for you.

See how your retirement can be what you want: www.carefor.ca/retirement or call 613-732-9993

This is Oluwaseun - She is a Carefor Client Care Worker who supports people living with addiction and homelessness at Shepherd's of Good Hope and the Ottawa Mission. For her, there is no such thing as a "normal" day as she works beside staff at Shepherd's and Ottawa Inner Health Health to help the people living through the challenges we see on the streets of our city.

On this day, the radio crackles "Code Abby" twice. Someone isn't breathing and in a flash, she and her colleagues are rushing to bring someone back from the edge of death. Both times they succeed.

It's not a job for everyone, but Olu embodies the spirit of a Client Care Worker, seeing and being there for each person today, no matter where they came from and no matter what is ahead of them,

Read Olu's story: https://carefor.ca/stories/saving-two-lives-in-one-day/

Jak worked hard to create a life and suddenly it changed. Jak has type 2 diabetes and had done all the right things to manage it, but then one day he contracted the RSV virus forcing him into the hospital when a diabetic ulcer formed on his heel.

The physicians at Queensway Carleton Hospital and Foundation worked for over a year trying to find a solution, but unfortunately Jak ended up having his foot amputated. Despite losing his foot, Jak never lost his spirit or sense of humour. He still has a lot that he wants to do and thanks to QCH's Hospital to Home program he's getting the care he needs to get him back on the golf course.

For eight weeks Jak receives bundled services from a variety of professionals including a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker, personal support worker and Carefor nurse, Sarah, who visits him twice a week to make sure his wound is healing.

His attitude is amazing. During his visit they laugh and tell jokes. "This won't stop me," says Jak. "I still have a lot I want to do."

https://carefor.ca/stories/from-hospital-to-home/

This is Stephanie — she has moved through many nursing roles at Carefor over her 15 years as a nurse, starting in the community, then as a clinic nurse, and now as a Nursing Supervisor supporting staff through their day to day challenges.

But her journey into nursing didn’t begin in a classroom. It began at home.

Before becoming an RPN, Stephanie worked in retail management. Everything changed when both of her parents were diagnosed with terminal cancer. She became their caregiver, witnessing firsthand the compassion, skill, and humanity of the nurses who supported her family. Their care left a lasting imprint.

After losing both parents, Stephanie knew it was time to follow that calling. She returned to school in her early thirties and became a nurse, bringing with her a depth of empathy that can’t be taught.

Today, her lived experience shapes her practice and guides the nurses she supports, helping them deliver the same meaningful care that once supported her own family.

To all the mothers we have the honour of working for and with, we wish you a very Happy Mother's Day.