Home Caregiver

Job description

Job Summary
A Home Caregiver provides clients with respectful, friendly interactions and companionship. A Home Caregiver assists clients with one-on-one assistance in the client’s home to ensure the client is living a meaningful and purposeful life. The caregiver may also provide assistance with personal hygiene, light housekeeping, and other related supportive activities.
Performance: Position Specific Essential Functions
• Assists with or provides personal care duties as assigned by the program coordinator according to the plan established with the client and family. Personal care duties may include.
• Companionship : Provide clients with respectful, friendly interactions. Assist the client with their hobbies or crafts as requested. Caregivers also help clients with any reading or writing activities as needed or requested. Provide appropriate companionship services when assisting with social and/or entertaining activities.
• Meal Preparation : Provide assistance with grocery shopping, meal planning and preparation as deemed appropriate in the Client’s Plan of Care.
• Medication Reminders : This includes handing a client their pre-dosed medications and observing them while they take them. A Caregiver may not administer any medications without express consent from the supervisor and training by a registered nurse.
• Light Housekeeping :
• Kitchen : Dishes for 1-2 people, clean counters, sweep/vacuum floor, mop/wash floor, take trash/recyclables out, and clean refrigerator. It also includes wiping down the oven/stove/microwave, etc.
• Laundry : Provide laundry assistance, washing and drying clothes and linens using the client’s washing machine and dryer. Certain items may need to be hand washed. Follow what is outlined in the Client’s Plan of Care.
• Bathroom : Wipe surfaces: rim of tub, sinks and toilets, mirrors. Sweep/mop/vacuum floors.
• Living Room : Dust furniture, sweep/mop/vacuum floor and tidy up the area.
• Bedrooms : Make beds, change linens, dust furniture, vacuum floors and tidy up the area.
• Do Not : Iron clothing; Move furniture to vacuum; Pick up trinkets to dust; Spot clean floors/tile /curtains; Clean windows, baseboards or ceiling fans. Do not operate steam cleaners, lawn mowers, weed eaters, or power washers.
• Personal Assistance Services : Provide assistance with a client’s personal grooming and hygiene. These services include assistance with bathing/showering, dressing, help with physical movement, transferring from one location to another, exercise, feeding, toileting and routine care of hair and skin.
• Transportation : Occasionally accompany client to scheduled appointments or run errands for clients.
• Universal Precautions : The caregiver will be required to observe all safety, infection control and handwashing requirements for the safety of themselves and the clients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education
• Preferred
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent

Experience:
• Preferred
• Past caregiving experience

Certification/Licensure:
• Required
• Valid Driver’s License
• Auto Liability Insurance