Direct Support Professional - Adult Family Home (Live-in)

Job Description

Job Description

NEW Increased wages! Caregivers starting at $17.00/hour! Are you looking for a new opportunity in a friendly work environment? Do you enjoy helping others? Then we have the opportunity for you!

NEW Care, Inc.'s Rost-Huebner Adult Family Homes assisted living facility is now accepting applications for full-time LIVE-IN positions.  The qualified individuals must be energetic and dependable and will live in the home seven (7) days per two-week period.  To succeed as a caregiver, individual should be patient, empathetic, and have strong people skills.  In addition, the individual should be observant and committed to making our residents feel safe and comfortable.  New wage of $17.00/hour. 

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with personal care, which may include bathroom functions, bathing, grooming, dressing, and eating.
• Following a prescribed healthcare plan, which may include assisting with exercise and administering medication.
• Ensuring the home is organized according to residents’ needs and that safety measures are in place.
• Keeps home and equipment clean, encouraging resident participation as willing or able.
• Providing emotional support and encouragement to perform necessary tasks.
• Providing mobility assistance may be required, for example helping the client in and out of bed, a chair, or a wheelchair.
• Monitoring and reporting changes in health, behavior, and needs.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Further education may be beneficial.
• Job experience and CPR training may be necessary.
• Valid Wisconsin driver’s license.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• High degree of attention to detail and discretion.
• Demonstrated common sense, judgment, communication skills, and the ability to maintain confidentiality.

NEW Care, Inc. has been providing a variety of supportive living services to residents of Crivitz and the surrounding communities since 1965.  For the long-term resident, our goal is to provide a home away from home experience.  For our short-term rehabilitation patient, or goal is to restore and return them to their own home.  When an individual can't be alone in their own home, we are the next best thing.  Again...come join our team!

NEW Care, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.