Caregiver

Benefits:

• Individual Retirement Account
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Opportunity for advancement

About the Role

Long after a visit ends, great care stays with a client and their family. Best Life Harbor caregivers create moments of dignity, comfort, and connection that help older adults and people with disabilities live their best lives at home.

As a caregiver, you’ll provide hands-on personal care in clients’ homes under the supervision of a qualified supervisor, following each client’s written service plan. You’ll report to our Client Service Coordinator and Director.

Our Culture

We believe everyone succeeds when they’re empowered to be attentive, resourceful, and genuinely caring. Caregivers are at the center of everything we do. You’ll be trained, supported, and celebrated, with a thoughtful onboarding experience, ongoing recognition, and a team that listens and acts on your feedback.

Every day, you’ll help deliver our standard of care: warm, consistent, and personal. Our promise to you is that you can be proud of the work you do and the people you work with.

What You’ll Do

• Provide basic personal care: bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting assistance
• Assist with incontinence care
• Assist clients with transfers, ambulation, and exercise as prescribed
• Assist clients with self-administration of their own medication
• Read and record temperature, pulse, and respiration, and measure and record blood pressure, height, and weight
• Observe, record, and report changes in a client’s physical condition, behavior, or appearance
• Prepare meals according to dietary guidelines and assist with eating
• Keep the client’s living area clean, safe, and comfortable
• Accompany or transport clients to medical and medically related appointments, their place of employment, and recreational activities, and assist clients at work
• Shop for items that support the client’s nutrition and health needs
• Provide companionship
• Use universal precautions for infection control

Required Qualifications

• Active DC CNA certification from the DC Board of Nursing, in good standing. We verify it through the DC Health professional license verification system.
• Successful completion of our agency orientation and competency evaluation
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Computer skills for documentation as applicable
• Understanding of home care regulations (we’ll train you on ours)
• Criminal background check. All applicants are told that a criminal background check is required. It includes written consent, a sworn statement that no criminal matters are pending, and checks of the national sex offender registry and the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry.
• Communicable disease screening, including TB, completed within six months before your hire date, with a healthcare provider’s written certification that you are free of communicable disease
• Hepatitis B vaccine: documented acceptance or declination
• Current CPR certification
• Professional references and employment verification
• Valid government-issued photo ID
• Reliable transportation or the ability to travel to client homes across the DC area

What We Offer

• Pay: $19 – $24 per hour, based on qualifications, experience, and job responsibilities
• Paid weekly, every Friday
• Overtime paid according to federal and DC law
• Culture-first orientation and individualized onboarding
• Ongoing in-service training and supervisory support
• Recognition programs and a team that supports you
• Matching with clients based on personality, temperament, and strengths
• Schedule: Part-Time with hours based upon client need

Best Life Harbor is an equal opportunity employer.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and abilities.