Home Care Aide

Caregiver Position at Visiting Angels West Springfield

Answer your caregiving calling. Southwick, male, 87, FT, up to 40 hours per week, many open shifts, 24/7 days a week, early bird gets to select your desired days, dementia, assist with ADL's, ambulation, personal care, and joyful companionship. Free and paid monthly training, excellent hiring and onboarding system, advancement opportunities, supportive team.

Visiting Angels has received many awards for "America's Choice in Homecare". We are celebrating 27 years of serving seniors and families. Check out our Google reviews online.... 5 stars...many are from our caregivers. We are extremely proud of our "Angel" team! The comradery provides a very supportive work environment.

Requirements:

• Dementia experience
• Male personal care experience
• Driver's license, reliable transportation, and clean motor vehicle history
• At least 1 year professional experience
• At least 2 - 3 professional references
• Willing to submit to criminal background checks
• Willing to pick up a shift every other weekend
• Strong ability to speak, understand, write English

Compensation: $17.00 - $18.50 per hour

Visiting Angels West Springfield is a leading in-home care agency in Western Massachusetts that offers homecare services to seniors, veterans, and disabled adults. Michele Anstett started the business in 1999 and operates as owner, president, and director for the West Springfield franchise. With her guidance as owner and president, the franchise has grown to provide over 80,000 hours of care annually, helping seniors to maintain a sense of independence, dignity, and quality of life in their own home setting.

Our mission is to provide the highest quality care to those that you love, and we are so honored to serve. Our core competency is providing compassionate, personalized care consistently, while seeking opportunities to continually improve our services to exceed expectations. Our focus is you: your safety, health, happiness, and well-being. We focus on caring for our customers, as they are at the heart of why we exist at all: letting our Angels care for you in an excellent manner is our passion!

Visiting Angels West Springfield provides in-home care, senior homecare, elderly care, personal care, transitional care, fall prevention care, companion care, respite care, palliative care, dementia care, and Alzheimer's care. Services span from 1 hour visits to 24/7 care. We service Southampton, Westfield, Southwick, Holyoke, West Springfield, Agawam, Chicopee, Springfield, Indian Orchard, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Feeding Hills, and Montgomery. The franchise covers the entire Greater Springfield Area and most of the Lower Pioneer Valley region. Visiting Angels of West Springfield has official accreditation from the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. We have also received Home Care Pulse's award for Best of Home Care - Provider of Choice every year since 2015.

Basic job requirements include: current US driver's license, car, 1 year of caregiving experience, ability to pass a background check, strong ability to read, write, and speak English, including read ADLs and personal care instructions, communicate verbally with clients and families, write shift notes to update the family, office, and other caregivers, punctuality and reliability, compassionate and caring heart, patience and willingness to learn new skills. Certifications are welcome (CNA, HHA, etc.) but not required. We do offer training and mentorship programs to new caregivers.