Caregiver

Benefits

Flexible schedule
Paid time off
Discount programs

Responsibilities

• Observes and maintains home environment to ensure the safety and security of the client
• Affords assistance with household chores including cooking, meal preparation, cleaning, and laundry
• Affords assistance in completing activities such as shopping and appointments outside the home
• Provides companionship including, but not limited to, social interaction, conversation, emotional reassurance, encouragement of reading, writing, and mind-stimulating activities
• Performs or assists the client with personal hygiene, including bathing, hair care, mouth care, and dressing, when skilled skin care, skilled transfer, or skilled dressing is not required
• Maintains timely service records of home visits
• Attends and participates in appropriate client care conferences, staff and education meetings, and agency committee meetings

Qualifications

• Valid, current driver's license and access to a reliable automobile, or Access to public or other reliable transportation
• Completion of the appropriate twenty-hour training program, or Successful completion of skills validation via direct observation of the performance of tasks
• Six months or more personal care experience in a home care setting preferred

Physical Requirements

• Able to stand, kneel, bend at knees, and squat throughout the day
• Able to safely assist clients in and out of a vehicle and safely lift a wheelchair or walker weighing up to 50lbs into and out of a vehicle
• Physical ability to lift and transfer clients
• Use arms, legs, feet, hands, and fingers to assist clients with performing tasks of daily living
• Frequently move the whole body to perform tasks such as lifting, light housekeeping, walking, and driving
• Sitting for long periods of time
• See and hear well (naturally or with correction)