Home Health Aide (15 hrs/week)

Salary Range $19.00 - $20.00 Hourly

Level Entry

Position Type Full Time

Job Shift Any

Education Level High School

Travel Percentage Negligible

Category Entry Level

Description

Do you want to make a difference? Our Team Members make a difference in the lives of those we serve every day! A career at Mainstay not only helps you achieve your goals, but it will also help others achieve theirs! Mainstay Supportive Housing and Home Care, Inc. provides human service and housing programs across Massachusetts, including permanent supportive housing and compassionate, person-centered home care. Our programs have helped hundreds of people live productive and stable lives in their own communities every day for all of these years. Mainstay was founded in 1975 to provide services to people with mental illness, and our mandate has since expanded to cover a variety of vulnerable populations, including low-income elders; people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities; and the recently homeless.

We are seeking a kind, thoughtful, caring and dependable candidates to work Part-time as a Home Health Aide (HHA). The position includes providing 1:1 care to residents in a permanent supportive housing complex to keep their housing stabilized. This position will be part of a growing collaboration with Father Bills & Mainspring in Quincy. Services will be provided in the client’s apartment. Clients will have varied degrees of independence and a variety of support needs, including aging in place and physical/mental health disabilities. This position will average 12 - 15 hours per week, one weekend day is required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage in compassionate and upbeat exchanges with patience to meet people where they are and honor their current needs.

• Perform direct care guided by the client’s care plan. These responsibilities focus heavily to support residents 1:1 with their activities of daily living. These can include basic hygiene, dressing, exercising, positioning, feeding, toileting, medication reminders, ambulation and cue reminders for these areas.

• Assist clients with laundry and light housekeeping.

• Prepare meals for/with clients.

• Provide companionship to the clients, doing something mindful and fun, recreational during daily visits.

• Write daily service logs, track daily goals of the care plan, record service delivery on the GPS system.

• Report any client health status changes to supervisor.

• Represent Mainstay to the community and outside stakeholders with integrity.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent, Home Health Aide (HHA) certification preferred.

• 1-3 years of experience working with individuals with a variety of disabilities, preferably in a residential setting.

• CPR and First Aid certifications (or ability to pass within the first 30 days of employment).

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

• The ideal candidate will have excellent team player and relationship building skills and will collaboratively work with clients, program staff, nurses and others who are involved with the client’s care.

• Basic computer skills, including recording notes, use electronic time and attendance software and receive and send electronic mail.

• With support and training from your supervisor, ability to learn the procedures and policies of the MassHealth Group Adult Care Program (GAFC) –no prior experience with this program is expected.

• Be enthusiastic, compassionate and upbeat with clients

• Be open to ideas, new experiences, and new ways of doing things

• Ask for help when needed and be willing to help others

• Keep appropriate matters confidential

• Share your ideas, opinions, and thoughts when appropriate

• Use good judgment for all your decisions. If in doubt, reach out to your supervisor.

• Understand that you and others will make mistakes. Learn from them.

Mainstay Supportive Housing & Home Care, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. EOE/Veterans/Disabled and values a diverse workforce.