Home Care Aide - Lead Caregiver

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Provide assistance in the home with Activities of Daily Living, assistance with household cleaning and the maintenance of a safe home.

Provide assistance in the home with routine household chores.

Provide a nutritious and well-balanced meal prepared at or delivered to the home.

Responsibilities

Provide assistance with Meal Program:

• Visit clients in their homes to review client satisfaction and obtain meal orders.
• Package meals, transports meals to clients via personal or company vehicle and delivers meals to client homes.
• Record and track deliveries on Meal Delivery Sheet.
• Design meal delivery routes to ensure efficiency.
• Place bulk meal orders via DSSI and maintain meal inventory.
• Take and record food temperatures as required per local and state guidelines.
• Plan, prepare, deliver meals, grocery shopping.

Provide assistance with household chores and personal care:

• Provide personal care and assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (i.e., grooming, bathing, feeding, toileting, oral care, nail care, dressing, etc.), as indicated by the treatment plan.
• Assist with homemaker services/routine household chores (i.e., dusting, sweeping/mopping floors, washing dishes, ironing, cleaning kitchen and bathrooms,
• Provide laundry service, changing bed linen, etc.), as indicated. 
• Complete errands (i.e., getting a prescription filled, etc.).
• Provide companionship to clients.
• Observe clients carefully and report changes in condition.
• Recognize client’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of care giving environment.
• Assist with the maintenance of a safe environment. 
• Provide respite care, on a short-term basis, when there is an absence of, or need for, relief for the caregiver

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, preferred.
• Effective verbal and written English communication skills. 
• Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives. 
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and make independent decisions.
• Ability to deal with new tasks without the benefit of written procedures.
• Approachable, flexible and adaptable to change.