Caregiver SS [1216]

Job Description

Job Description

Position: Caregiver SS [1216]

Program: Amarillo, Texas – Specialized Services

Salary: $15.66/hr.

Shift available: Full-time (Monday - Friday from 8 am - 4 pm)

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”

Essential duties and responsibilities of the Caregiver:

• Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
• The Caregiver performs direct care services for individuals attending the Day habilitation/I.S.S. program
• Provides supervision and care to clients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Responsibilities of this position include feeding, toileting, transportation, escort to medical appointments and teaching social and independent living skills to verbal and non-verbal individuals
• Requires staff to also work weekends and holidays
• Responsible for attending to the needs of the persons in the home. Responsibilities include, preparing meals, feeding, toileting, transportation, medication distribution, and teaching social and independent skills.
• Works under the supervision of the Director of Specialized Services
• Complete necessary documentation within requested timelines
• Meet established productivity standards
• Has no financial responsibility but is accountable for assigned property
• Adheres to the TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and/or business standards defined in the code are compromised

Required qualifications of the Caregiver to be successful in the job:

• High school diploma or GED
• One semester (12 credit hours) of accredited college work; or minimum of eighth grade reading comprehension level as evidenced by score on the Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE) test
• Some experience assisting in arts and crafts, music, education, recreation, vocational therapy, physical therapy, or occupational therapy
• Able to work three shifts per month in the group home where the staff will be responsible for attending to the needs of the people in the home
• Must be able to complete Caregiver training program meeting all minimum requirement for this classification
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions
• Employees may be required to utilize their personal mobile phones for two-factor authentication (2FA). Full statement under Informational Documents:
• Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under agency vehicle policy
• Must be 18 years of age or older

Preferred qualifications of the Caregiver to be successful in the job:

• Experience in designing programs and working with persons with Intellectual and developments disabilities
• Bilingual and/or American Sign Language skills

At TPC, passion and meaningful work are rewarded! We offer employees:

• Click here for TPC’s FY2026 Summary of Benefits
• 501(c)(3) designation – you can apply for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
• Robust benefit offerings – Medical, Urgent Care visits for a low $10 co-pay, Dental, and Vision
• Employer paid life insurance (1.5 times employee’s salary)
• Staff automatically enrolled into a 457 Retirement Account at 1% of their annual salary. Employer Match 1% higher than employee’s contribution up to 6% in the 403 (b) or 457 Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid time off – PTO accrual, Holidays
• One (1) annual Mental Health Floating Holiday, one (1) annual Celebrate Diversity Floating Holiday, and one (1) annual A Day to Remember Floating Holiday available to staff after 90 days of employment
• Additional Supplemental Coverage available i.e. Disability, Accidental, Cancer, Critical Care, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Account Plan
• Teladoc – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to a medical provider free of charge via telephone or video
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to behavioral health, financial, and legal counseling in person or via telephone