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Highlights from this Week

  • COVID-19 Safety & Booster Doses
  • Learning & Development Announcement: Applause Winner
  • New Staff
  • Your Wellness Matters Newsletter
  • Question: PSW Pay

News & Information

COVID -19 Safety and Booster Doses

As a reminder to all employees, it is important to practice regular hand hygiene, and continue to screen yourselves daily to reduce the risk of COVID-19. Employees who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 should remain home from work and take a COVID-19 test.

To reduce the risk of becoming sick or re-infected with COVID-19, we encourage employees to do the following:

  • Practice the 5 moments of hand hygiene
  • Screen yourself daily and screen your clients at each visit
  • Follow current PPE protocols such as universal masking and donning additional PPE based on screening, or when advised to do so because of potential exposure
  • Practice masking outside of work, or when in highly populated areas
  • Get your COVID-19 booster as they come available to you
  • Get your annual flu shot

As a reminder, once you have received your booster dose(s) please submit a copy to HRDept@circleofcare.com. You will also receive an additional 1 hour of payment on an upcoming pay cheque.

Book Your Vaccine Appointment

Learning and Development Announcement!

Thank you to all who took the time to complete their Dementia courses by 31 December.  We have spun the big wheel and a winner was selected for the $100 Applause points prize.  The winner is:

Congratulations Julie!  Your Applause account will points will be added shortly.

As for those of you who have not yet completed you Dementia courses, they are due by the end of March.  Please log into the Dayforce Learning app on your phone and look under course catalog to enroll.  If you need any assistance please call IT at 647-943-1332 (the number is on your lanyard) or email Learning.development@circleofcare.com

 

North York Toronto Health Partners – Your Wellness Matters Newsletter

 Circle of Care is a member of NYTHP, and we are excited to highlight the January NYTHP wellness newsletter. This edition of the newsletter features several webinars focused on mental health, fitness and COVID-19/flu/RSV, and healthy recipes.

Newsletter

Welcome to Circle of Care

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We are pleased to welcome the following new PSWs to Circle of Care:

  • Erica Sharpe
  • Ifeyinwa Ikekhuame
  • Nimco Batun
  • Pheba Anish
  • Samiha Karim

Ask Us Anything

Question: Does Circle of Care pay more for Boxing Day and Jan 01?

Since those are both statutory holiday days, if the PSW works on that day they will be paid 1.5 times holiday pay for hours worked.

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We invite you to submit your questions or feedback below. Please note that it may take us longer to provide some answers, so if you’ve asked a question that hasn’t been answered yet, we will get back to you in the coming weeks.

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