Direct Care Professional

Job Title: (PCSS) Person Centered Support Staff, direct care professional, direct care worker, direct care staff

· Position Type: Full-Time, Part-Time

· Hourly

Job Description:

Job Duties:

• Performing personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks. Fostering positive relationships between individuals served and their housemates
• Ensuring client safety and maintaining a safe environment
• Assisting with toileting
• Reminding/assisting client with self-administration of medications (with proper training)
• Encouraging self-help activities
• Reporting changes in client's condition or family situation to the office
• Documenting services provided
• Performing home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning
• Planning meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up
• Accompanying client to scheduled appointments
• Transporting clients or running errands for clients
• Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

• High school degree/GED preferred
• 18 years of age or older
• Valid driver's license required on day and evening shift. Not required for midnight shift.
• Ability to work in a home setting
• Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the company
• Ability to handle physical aspects of job, including bending, stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and walking for periods of time
• Must maintain state regulatory certifications, as required by state/program requirements

Pay: From $13.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20.0 – 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program

Work Location: In person