Caregiver / Home Service Worker

EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Description

About Life Care At Home: As a not-for-profit organization offering home care since 2006 in Chicago, our primary goal is to help our clients lives better. Our team of friendly, kind-hearted professionals are well-qualified, trained and vetted. They understand the needs of older adults.

About the Position: The Home Service Worker is responsible for providing home care with full adherence to the limitations of being a non-skilled home care provider. Home Care duties will vary per client. Client care plans are created and monitored by the Nurse Manager for the case. Both CNAs and non-certified caregivers may work in this position.


**Shifts vary by client**

What we are looking for:

• Friendly, professional, dependable Caregivers looking to make a difference in client's lives
• Caregivers that are kind-hearted and understand the needs of older adults

Pay range: $17.50 - $18.50 depending on CNA certification

Benefits may include depending on full or part-time status:

• Access to health, dental and vision benefits
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Education Assistance Program
• Access to other benefits like Short Term Disability and Accident coverage
• Paid Time Off

Position Requirements

Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• May require the employee to drive on company business. Employee must have a valid drivers license and meet organization's driving requirements
• Proficiency with cellular phones and ability to learn company systems, including web based payroll system

Preferred:

• Certified Nursing Assistant training
• Ability to work night and weekend hours as well as to be on call
• 1-3 years work experience in service industry

Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Empathy toward others
• Timely and efficient work habits
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently

Physical Demands: The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel, and reach with hand and arms
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20-25 pounds
• Frequently required to climb stairs

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Work in home setting
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low

About the Organization


Montgomery Place is grounded in an act of kindness. In 1888, an Episcopalian pastor purchased a house to provide a safe, secure life for three older women in his Hyde Park parish. In 1915, this generous impulse spurred the construction of a building to accommodate 80 residents.

Today, more than 200 people enjoy the benefits of living at Montgomery Place, which offers a vibrant, stimulating urban lifestyle that's as engaging as it is enriching.

Our apartments overlook Lake Michigan and the Museum of Science and Industry. And our resident-directed programs make us the cultural center of East Hyde Park, located near the University of Chicago campus and just down the Drive from downtown Chicago's attractions and resources.

This position is currently accepting applications.