Direct Care Worker

Starting rate: $11 an hour

Qualifications:

• 18 years of age or older required
• Completion of High School Diploma or GED
• Satisfactory performance on a competency evaluation and annual reevaluation
• Must have available, reliable transportation to and from assignments
• Completion of all health screenings
• Satisfactory references and background screenings are obtained prior to hire

Responsibilities:

• Helps the client to maintain good personal hygiene including bathing, grooming and dressing
• Assists in maintaining a healthy, safe environment
• Assist the client with meals.
• Assists the client with transfers and ambulation with or without an assistive device
• Provides medication reminders
• Encourages the client to become as independent as possible according to the nursing care plan
• Maintains client/family confidentiality at all times
• Reports any change in client’s mental or physical condition or in the client’s home situation to the company
• Performs routine housekeeping tasks as related to a safe and comfortable environment for the client.

Functional Abilities:

• Must be able to stoop and bend
• Must be able to travel to prospective clients’ residences
• Must be able to safely lift, turn and transfer clients weighing up to 40 pounds

As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.

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