Weekend Caregiver/Cna-18$/Hr

Position Summary
Reporting to the Staffing Assistant/Owner/Administrator, caregivers provide a variety of non-medical professional caregiving services to client including, but not limited to, companionship, personal care, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and light housekeeping. Caregivers work varied hours depending on agency need and availability.
Responsibilities

• Prepare meals for clients and assist with feeding as needed.
• Perform a variety of light housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, dusting, washing dishes, light cleaning of bathrooms, laundry and making beds.
• If indicated and approved, accompany and/or transport clients to appointments/errands.
• Assist clients with toileting and incontinence care as needed.
• Provide medication reminders as appropriate/needed.
• Review client care plans and provide a variety of types of assistance as indicated.
• Assist clients with transferring (i.e., bed to chair) and walking ambulation as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Provide socialization and stimulating activities for clients appropriate to their level of cognition and need.
• Assist clients with a variety of personal care tasks such as bathing, grooming, and dressing.
• Provide companionship and supervision to clients with a variety of disabilities, illnesses, disease conditions and needs.
• Document assistance provided via note writing.

Position Requirements

• Ability to pass background check.
• Willingness to work with adults with a variety of disabilities and illnesses.
• Ability to professionally represent A Place at Home to clients and the public.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of client information encountered in the course of work.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally with a variety of constituents including clients, family members, community members and A Place at Home staff members.
• Experience providing and ability to provide assistance with (ADLs)
• Ability to clearly write progress notes.
• One year of experience providing in-home or facility care to individuals with disabilities and/or elderly individuals, not limited to.
• We provide training to newly graduates, Nursing students, healthcare students.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and access to a safe, reliable vehicle for use on the job.
• Ability to understand and follow written care plans.
• Experience working with adults with cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease highly desired.
• Ability to lift, push and pull up to 40lbs unassisted.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to foster and maintain cooperative working relationships with all A Place at Home staff.