Homemaker Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Kendal at Hanover has a great opportunity for a full-time Homemaker Assistant to help support older adults within our Kendal at Hanover Community. Come work in a beautiful home environment, providing physical, psychosocial, and social support with residents in both our independent living and assisted living neighborhoods.The Homemaker Assistant provides residents living in the independent setting or assisted living community with quality care by providing physical, psychosocial and social support within the guidelines of established practice for the Homemaker Assistant.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Assures quality of care by meeting resident needs as outlined on daily assignments.
• Communicates and works professionally with the interdisciplinary team.
• Supports residents in doing as much for self as possible, promoting positive leisure time.
• Actively engages residents by initiating conversation and activities with them.
• Reports concerns or physical, psychological, and social changes to the Homemaker supervisor or nurse supervisor and assisting in problem solving.
• Completes required documentation for all residents receiving services per departmental policy.
• Maintains a clean working environment by keeping residents’ living areas neat and orderly, completing job lists that are separate from resident assignment.
• Contributes to team effort by voluntarily helping others to accomplish department and community goals in caring positive manner.
• Takes responsibility for own actions by using time efficiently to deliver high quality service to residents and demonstrate commitment to co-workers.
• Successfully completes annual competencies to provide residents in Assisted Living with hands-on care i.e., personal hygiene, meal assistance, dressing, toileting, and transfers as needed and within the guidance of the resident care plan.
• Displays a friendly, caring, and warm approach while interacting with residents, staff, families, and visitors.
• Possesses a valid driver’s license and the ability to safely transport residents to personal and medical appointments.

Job Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 - 4:30 PM; 40 hours per week.

Kendal at Hanover offers excellent benefits, including Paid Time Off, on-site childcare, and exceptional educational assistance and employee support programs! We also offer 24/7 access to our on-site fitness center and indoor pool.