Part-Time Caregiver

Company: Home Instead Senior Care
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

CAREGIVERObjective:Home Instead CAREGivers provide a variety of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their homes. These services are meant to enhance the quality of life for seniors. Home Instead helps clients and their families meet the challenges of aging with dignity, pride, care, and compassion.As we offer our client service 24/7 service to our clients, we can offer a wide variety of shifts, including nights, evenings, weekends, and days.We will work with your schedule.Primary Responsibilities:Reflect the core values of Home Instead of Sioux Falls. (d.b.a. an independently owned and operated Home Instead franchise).Contribute to a positive living environment to enhance a client's quality of life.Document daily activities and report any significant changes in a client's needs or living conditions.Maintain regular communication with office staff.Provide companionship and home helper services which could includeorCompanionship and conversationProviding stabilization and assistance with walkingPreparing meals and cleaning up meal-related itemsProviding medication reminders and appointment remindersPerforming light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing lisnens, cleaning bathroom, kitchens, etc.)Washing and ironingAccompanying clients to appointmentsProvide Personal Care Services which could includeAssisting with bathingAssisting with groomingAssisting with toileting and incontinence issuesProvide Specialized service which could includeAdvanced Alzheimer's/Dementia CareaHospice CareAnd moreSecondary Responsibilities: .Report hours per office policy and communicate changes in availability in a timely manner.Participated in bi-annual J.D. Power and Associated Satisfaction Survey.Document client information in Client and Life Journal.May require you to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client using your vehicle or a client's vehicle.Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.Essential Job Requirements:Be at 18 years of ageAbility to lift, push, or pull 25 poundsAbility to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, and reachComplete a criminal background check, DMV (Motor Vehicle Record check, pre-employment drug screen, 3 professional references and 3 personal references Possess a valid driver's licensePossess valid auto insuranceAbility to withstand exposure to dust, mold, mildew, and cleaning solutionsAbility to treat and care for clients and their property with dignity and respectAbility to communicate with clients in a friendly and congenial mannerThis document describes the general nature and level of work for the position. It is not a comprehensive list of its responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, and conditions. Your employer reserves the right to modify the description in the future with or without notice. The responsibilities for this position are subjected to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.--This employer is Home Instead &ndash Sioux Falls, Inc. (d.b.a. an independently owned and operated Home Instead franchise). Your employer is not Home Instead.Each Home Instead franchise is independently owned and operated.

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