In Home Caregiver/HHA

About This Role

Provide direct care and engaging activities for adult participants in their homes, following individualized care plans to ensure independence and well-being. Document all care, activities, and observations in the participant's electronic health record.

Responsibilities

• Attend to the daily needs of clients on an individual basis
• Understand and adhere to established policies and procedures
• Perform personal care, bathing, and hands-on care as assigned
• Complete housekeeping tasks as assigned, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and cleaning bathrooms
• Provide opportunities for leisure activities and foster independence in choice and participation
• Complete appropriate visit records by the end of each shift
• Adapt and modify activities to better serve each client
• Ensure participant safety in the home
• Provide ongoing support, guidance, role modeling, and supervision to clients
• Provide a supportive environment for individuals to determine personal preferences for daily schedules and routines
• Maintain knowledge of ongoing issues and developments, and inform supervisor of concerns
• Communicate in a professional manner
• Execute duties to reflect reasonable safety standards, utilizing universal/standard precautions
• Remain alert at all times throughout scheduled work shift
• Participate in core training and maintain required certifications
• Provide crisis intervention and access emergency services as needed
• Attend and actively participate in staff meetings
• Ensure clients are treated with dignity and respect
• Assist the Director of Home Care where needed

Requirements

• Qualifying criminal background and driving record
• Ability to pass a drug screen
• Ability to provide or obtain a 2 step PPD
• Ability to lift 50 or more pounds
• Ability to demonstrate competence in certain areas of training (CPR, First Aid, non-violent physical interventions, behavior management, ADL care and management, driving)
• Ability to calmly and repetitively model appropriate behavior in difficult or challenging situations
• Ability to react to situations such as rescue and preventing an individual from harming themselves

Qualifications

• Direct care experience working with geriatric and/or adults diagnosed with Intellectual Disabilities preferred but not required

Nice to Have

• Direct care experience working with geriatric and/or adults diagnosed with Intellectual Disabilities
• Valid driver's license in state of residence

Benefits

Certifications