Shared Living Caregiver (Leominster, MA)

About the role

Nonotuck is seeking single people, couples and families who are interested in living with and sharing their life with an intellectually or physically disabled person. We are currently searching for shared living caregivers in the Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Webster, and Southbridge areas.

Responsibilities

• Build on and maintain independence by assisting in activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Provide companionship and go on community activities/outings
• Help with grocery shopping, cooking, housekeeping, laundry, routine budget management, medication management, and medical appointments

Requirements

We consider this to be a long-term commitment. Applicants must live in single family homes or apartments (with an extra bedroom) or be willing to move. They should be single, a couple, families, people with children, with pets, and people with or without experience.

Qualifications

The following resources will be available:

• Generous Stipend
• 24-hour emergency on-call assistance
• Monthly in-home visits from a Care Manager
• Access to clinicians for additional support
• Training on home safety skills, medication management

Skills

Providers must be able to provide reliable transportation, pass a standard CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and Fingerprinting check, and be certified in First Aid/CPR.

Benefits

Providers will receive training on home safety skills, medication management, and access to clinicians for additional support.

Pay

Range above represents difficulty of care payments paid to a caregiver for providing personal care services to an eligible person residing either in the caregiver’s home or in the person’s own home. Stipend rates are contingent upon assessed needs of the person and subject to state approval. Stipend levels 18 through 21 are available only by special application to the purchasing governmental unit.

Schedule

When searching for shared living caregivers, we will consider applicants who live in single family homes or apartments (with an extra bedroom) or are willing to move and who are single, a couple, families, people with children, with pets, and people with or without experience.

Nonotuck

Nonotuck Resources Associates (www.nonotuck.com) is a community-based agency that has been providing residential services since 1972 to people with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries. We support people who need assistance to remain living in a home setting. The individual and shared living caregiver share a home; the shared living caregiver must have an extra bedroom.