Home Care Caregivers/Companions

About the role

Live Long Well Care of Greenville, SC is now accepting applications for Full Time and Part Time CNA/Caregiver/Home Health Aides/Companions to provide personal care and companionship for seniors. Day & Night Positions are available as well as weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living): Bathing, Dressing, Toileting, Transferring, Feeding.
• Mobility Assistance including using transfer aids (Hoyer lifts, gait belts, etc.)
• Transferring & Positioning.
• Meal Preparation & Cooking Light Housekeeping & Laundry (to include the duties of washing dishes, cleaning the kitchen after meals, laundering clothes, bed linens, and performing other housekeeping activities normally done daily or weekly).
• Grocery Shopping/Errands/Transportation, Working with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Clients.
• Provides companionship for the patient/client while engaging in daily activities with clients.
• Pet services (to include assisting clients with grooming, feeding, walking, bathing, etc.).
• Represents the company positively while creating an environment that fosters respect and courtesy for clients and other employees.
• Works within the company programs to promote safety and the well-being of all clients and employees.
• Accurately and thoroughly document services provided in accordance with agency policy on day services are rendered, submitted in a timely manner.
• Immediately reports any changes in patient/client’s needs, condition, or incidents to the supervisor in a timely manner.
• Listens and responds to patient/client’s needs in a sensitive and timely manner either through own initiative as appropriate, or by referral to the supervisor.

Requirements

• Must have a valid Driver's License and clean driving record.
• Must have an up-to-date smartphone for the electronic viewing and capture of Time and Attendance, Care Tasks, and Communication.

Qualifications

• Education: High school graduation or GED required. The candidate must have successfully completed a training program if required by state regulation or contract.
• Direct Previous Experience: Two years’ experience in a similar position desired but not required. Two years’ experience working with the elderly desired but not required.
• Skills/Competencies: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently. Ability to work with minimal or close supervision. Must conduct all business in a professional manner and with a high level of confidentiality. Must pass competency testing on hire and ongoing for the basics of, but not limited to: Meal preparation, housekeeping, infection control, safety in the home, proper handling of emergencies, transportation, pet walking and care.

Benefits

• Flexible hours.
• Generous paid-time off program (vacation).
• 401(k) with company match.
• Continuing Education Opportunities.
• Internal Growth Support.
• Advance Pay/On-demand Pay options.
• Transfer opportunities between multiple branches.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.