Weekend Caregiver

Full-Time Caregiver in Washington, DC

Flexible Shifts | Supportive Team | Washington

"A care beyond care"

Company Description: Decena Home Care, LLC

is a compassionate care provider dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals in Northern Virginia. We offer a comprehensive range of personalized services, including homemaker assistance, private duty care, companionship, 24-hour/overnight care, travel companion support, and palliative care. Our goal is to empower our clients to live independently and with dignity in their own homes.

Role Description:

This is a full-time on-site role for a Caregiver. As a Caregiver, your day-to-day tasks will include the following:

• Homemaker - grocery shopping, running errands, light housekeeping, cooking, meal preparation, laundry and ironing
• Private duty care - medication reminders, bathing and oral hygiene assistance, toileting assistance including incontinence care, dressing, and grooming
• Companionship - engaging in activities such as conversation, reading, and games, taking walks, and safety supervision
• Travel Companion - drive and assist clients during trips while providing safety supervision
• 24 Hour / Overnight care - includes all services mentioned as well as assistance with morning and evening routine and tuck-in before bed time
• Palliative care - pain management, symptom management, and emotional support.

This role requires working on-site in our client's home located in Washington, DC. U.S. work authorization is required. Sponsorship for employment visas is NOT available.

Qualifications:

• Experience as a Caregiver (at least 2 years preferred)but a big heart matters most.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the U.S. (Example: Passport or Driver's License and Social Security Card)
• Ability to provide personal care assistance, including bathing, grooming, and toileting
• Light Housekeeping
• Strength to assist transfers or lift up to 50 lbs. when needed
• 40-50 years old
• Lift a Honda pilot walker
• Experience with medication reminders and monitoring vital signs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to provide companionship and engage clients in activities
• Reliability and punctuality, flexible hours preferred
• Valid driver's license or reliable transportation to and from assignments
• Chest X-ray or PPD Skin Test (with negative results)
• Valid CPR and First Aid certification
• CNA/PCA/HHA Certification

Ready to Make a Daily Difference?

If you're patient, reliable, and eager to brighten someone's day, click "Apply Now."

Join a home-care agency where caregivers feel valuedand seniors feel at home. Compensation: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Professional caregivers go by many names: homemakers, home care aides, home health aides, certified nursing assistants, personal care assistants, direct care workers. No matter the name, what they all have in common is a calling to care for people in the comfort of their own homes.

This agency is independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the agency, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this agency. All inquiries about employment at this agency should be made directly to the agency location, and not to Home Care Evolution Corporate.