Caregiver

Personal Care Provider

Talem Home Care is committed to empowering people to take control of their health. We support and lead individuals and their families/support systems through the complicated health care system, with the ultimate goal of staying independent and healthy at home for as long as possible. We center our core values: community, family, team, and giving to support this commitment.

The Personal Care Provider provides unskilled personal care and household services for the client in their home. This person is integral in serving as a companion as well as ensuring our clients' space is clean, safe, and organized.

Responsibilities:

• Observes and maintains home environment to ensure the safety and security of the client;
• Assists with household chores including cooking, meal preparation, cleaning, and laundry;
• Assists in completing activities such as shopping and appointments outside the home;
• Provides companionship including, but not limited to, social interaction, conversation, emotional reassurance, encouragement of reading, writing, and mind-stimulating activities;
• Performs or assists the client with personal hygiene, including bathing, hair care, mouth care, and dressing, when skilled skin care, skilled transfer, or skilled dressing is not required.
• Maintains timely service records of home visits;
• Attends and participates in appropriate client care conferences, staff and education meetings, and agency committee meetings.

Critical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal skills which positively benefit interaction with clients and families, staff members, and the general public.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and self-control.
• Demonstrated ability to operate safely in the workplace, with experience in holding self-accountable to safety standards. Knowledge of principles and procedures of personal care and safety practices in the home care setting;
• Understanding of family interactions and the aging process.
• Beginning knowledge of nutrition and food service.
• Beginning skills in personal care.
• Ability to accurately observe, report, and record client care and condition.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing.

Qualifications:

• Valid, current driver's license and access to a reliable automobile, or
• Access to public or other reliable transportation.
• Completion of the appropriate twenty-hour training program, or
• Successful completion of skills validation via direct observation of the performance of tasks
• Six months or more personal care experience in a home care setting preferred

Physical Requirements include but are not limited to:

• Able to stand, kneel, bend at knees, and squat throughout the day.
• Ability to safely assist clients in and out of a vehicle and safely lift a wheelchair or walker weighing up to 50lbs into and out of a vehicle.
• Physical ability to lift and transfer clients
• Use arms, legs, feet, hands, and fingers to assist clients with performing tasks of daily living.
• Frequently move the whole body to perform tasks such as lifting, light housekeeping, walking, and driving.
• Sitting for long periods of time
• Ability to see and hear well (naturally or with correction)

Talem Home Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer Compensation: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour