Resident Assistant or CNA - FULL TIME 3-11PM

Resident Assistant The Birches Assisted Living

FULL-Time Opening: 3-11PM (Flexibility to choose the schedule/days of the week that work best; must work every other weekend)

Benefits (all employees):

• Privately owned & operated small business for more than 20 years; no corporate structure with tenure leadership
• Discounted, homemade employee meals
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Retirement Savings Program
• A business looking for long-term partnerships with its members
• On the job training and education accommodations
• Employee wellness and Successful Aging support
• Cross training into multiple departments to meet career goals
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses
• Part time members (working less than 32 hours/week) qualify for PLT accrual based on hours worked
• Referral Bonus to Fill Open Positions: $1000/person hired (Unlimited per year)

Additional Benefits for employees working more than 32 hours/week or more:

• Medical Insurance with 3 different offerings
• 2 dental options
• 1st year: 2-3 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 5th year: 3-4 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 10th year or more 4-5 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 6 paid holidays (double-time if working on the holiday)
• Life Insurance
• Short term/ long term disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Continuing Education Reimbursement

When you join The Birches, you join a Successful Aging Community. We believe that each one of us has, within ourselves, the power to live longer and healthier lives by taking care our Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, and Social health. And as a community, we work together to support our residents and team members to discover what's possible and make a real difference in the lives of our residents.

As a Resident Assistant you will be at the center of what we do best, caring for the residents with passion and dedication and building meaningful relationships to add values to their lives as you provide scheduled and unscheduled assistance to residents with activities of daily living all according to departmental and company policy and procedure statements and following individual plans for service. The Resident Assistant ("R.A.") will also assist with and participate in meaningful programs and activities as assigned and may assist with lunch in the main dining room, as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Know our residents and their family by spending time getting to know them.
• Understand our Successful Aging community's philosophy, culture, and its language.
• Build positive and supporting relationships in the community to enhance the community culture.
• Engage residents and connect with them in a genuine, compassionate, and memorable way and enjoy the moment that you spend with the resident.
• Support our residents' in adopting a successful aging lifestyle and celebrate their accomplishments and efforts.
• Passionate about the potential growth and confidence of our residents.
• Provide services as scheduled for assigned residents. Such services may include helping with activities of daily living (bathing, oral care, grooming, clothing selection, dressing, undressing and changing, toileting, transferring, escorts, laundry, etc.).

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift minimum 50 lbs.
• Must be able to safely wear required PPE including respirator unless you received approved exemption through company policy

Education and/or Experience:

• Education: High School Graduate as a minimum.
• Certification as a nursing assistant (Certified Nursing Assistant) preferred but not required. Experience working with older adults preferred, and passion to support older adults required. On the job training provided.

Hiring PAY RANGE based on EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Minimum to Maximum: $16.00/hour- $18.50/hour Clarendon Hills, IL 60514