Home Health Aide / CNA

Compassionate Caregiver Needed

Join our Visiting Angels team of dedicated senior care professionals. You'll be making such a positive impact in these seniors' lives. It's a real mood booster when you see how happy they are when you arrive... like eating a big bowl of ice cream. lol! Wilbraham, 01095, 79 year old lovely woman's family is looking for a compassionate skilled caregiver. She suffered a stroke last November leaving her with mobility and speech challenges. Mrs. T is becoming more forgetful and needs some reminders. They believe a caregiver could really help by reminding her to slow down with her walker and the usual routine. This client will start out part time, 9am - 11am Tues & Thurs but will increase as she becomes familiar with her caregiver. The family needs help with Mrs. T's personal care, med reminders, & light housekeeping. You may add other clients & schedules to this one in order to achieve your desired hours.

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. Anstett's franchise was the ninth franchise in the Visiting Angels network, which has since increased in size to over 600 agencies in the US and even more internationally. 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. Anstett brings dedication, compassion, experience, and attention to detail to the role fundamental skills for successful leadership in the ever-evolving home-care industry. Now, with over two decades of servicing the Hampden County region, Visiting Angels has helped over 4,000 seniors maintain a sense of independence, dignity and quality of life in their own home or assisted care setting. While Visiting Angels has grown since 1999, they continue to build lasting relationships by offering that same, family-like compassionate care and dependability since day one.

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.

We are currently hiring caregivers!

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.