Personal Care Attendant

About the role

As a Personal Care Attendant, you'll provide compassionate, one-on-one support to clients in the comfort of their own homes. More than just a caregiver, you'll become a trusted source of comfort, companionship, and encouragement, helping clients maintain their independence, dignity, and quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care needs, including bathing, dressing, and other activities of daily living
• Support clients with light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and cooking
• Run errands and provide assistance with daily routines
• Offer meaningful companionship and emotional support
• Monitor client well-being and communicate changes to your supervisor
• Follow each client's individualized Plan of Care to ensure safe, high-quality care

Requirements

• Knowledge of proper body mechanics, safe use of mechanical and adaptive equipment, and infection control practices, including universal precautions
• The ability to provide emotional support and foster positive social interactions with clients and their families
• Experience assisting with bathing, dressing, ambulation, transfers, self-administered medications, and other personal care needs outlined in a Plan of Care
• Knowledge of OSHA and HIPAA regulations
• Flexibility to adapt to changing client needs and occasional schedule adjustments in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of and commitment to emergency reporting procedures
• A compassionate, dependable, and client-focused approach to care

Qualifications

• High school education or GED equivalent
• Previous experience working with the elderly and/or adults with disabilities preferred

Skills

• Knowledge of proper body mechanics
• Safe use of mechanical and adaptive equipment
• Infection control practices, including universal precautions
• Emotional support and fostering positive social interactions
• Assisting with personal care needs
• OSHA and HIPAA regulations
• Flexibility to adapt to changing client needs
• Emergency reporting procedures
• A compassionate, dependable, and client-focused approach to care

Benefits

• The opportunity to start your day from home for added convenience
• Support and guidance from dedicated office staff and management
• Mileage reimbursement
• Discounts at local vendors and community businesses
• The satisfaction of helping individuals live safely and comfortably in their own homes

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

Opportunities available for Per Diem & Part-Time positions.