Respite Provider-Plover

About the role

Respite Provider will be trained in the provision of services in each skill assigned.

Responsibilities

• Running errands and providing companionship
• Engaging in activities such as game/card playing and walks based on consumer preference
• Assistance with bathing, toileting (including use of bedpan, urinal, commode, or toilet), dressing, and undressing
• Mobility and ambulating support, including use of walker, cane, and crutches
• Transfers, including bed to chair or wheelchair and reverse
• Changing consumer’s bed and laundering bed linens and personal clothing
• Skin care (excluding wound care)
• Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids
• Light cleaning in essential areas of the home during personal care activities
• Meal preparation and meal serving
• Promptly reporting changes in the consumer’s condition to the designated supervisor
• Completion of all time sheets and documentation necessary to maintain program services in a thorough, accurate, and timely manner
• Maintaining confidentiality of consumer’s information

Requirements

• Must be able to transport and have a reliable vehicle or alternate means of transportation to worksite
• Familiar with the philosophy and concepts of independent living
• Ability to understand and carry out consumer instructions
• Good communication skills and ability to relate well to others
• Good past employment references
• Physical strength sufficient to perform essential functions of the job
• Ability to regularly sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; bend, squat, twist, and talk or hear
• Occasionally lift and/or move individuals using transferring techniques or assistive technology/equipment
• Completion of interview and training conducted by PAS staff
• Satisfactory criminal background results (based on relevance to position and in compliance with state and federal regulations for personal care workers)