Respite Partner, Part - time: Boxborough

About the role

Respite Partners are intermittent support staff who provide temporary relief and support to primary caregivers. They serve families caring for individuals with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or other special needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and supervision to individuals to allow participation in normative home based and community-based activities.
• Assist with daily living activities, including personal hygiene, meal preparation, and medication management.
• Engage individuals in recreational and social activities to promote their physical and emotional well-being.
• Monitor and document individual’s health and behavior, reporting changes to primary caregiver and supervisor.
• Complete necessary documentation in a thorough and timely manner.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for individuals where they can utilize strengths and improve on needed skills.
• Communicate effectively with individuals, families, and other care team members.
• Role model appropriate social communication and actions in all settings.
• Support the consistency of the family/home routine by assisting the individual with appropriate participation.
• Follow individualized care plans and adhere to all policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma; additional training or certification in caregiving is a plus.
• Previous experience in caregiving, healthcare, or a related field.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to respond appropriately and quickly to health, safety, and emergency situations.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problem-solving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Patience, empathy, and a genuine desire to help others.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit.
• Sometimes required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Physically able to assist with daily living needs, including lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Physically able to walk and/or run 100 yards.
• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions when traveling. Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Travel

If transportation of individual is required, Incompass does not provide additional insurance/liability coverage. It is recommended that the family transport to community locations as needed. If staff person does transport, their own personal insurance covers the vehicle, and those passengers included. The driver must be at least 18 years old and have own personal vehicle with adequate insurance.