Float Personal Care Attendant (Float PCA) / Float Direct Care Worker (Float DCW)

Overview
The Float Personal Care Attendant (Float PCA)/Direct Care Worker (Float DCW) provides compassionate, high-quality, non-medical personal care services to participants when their regularly assigned caregiver is unavailable due to illness, vacation, personal leave, scheduling conflicts, emergencies, or staffing shortages. This position is essential to ensuring uninterrupted care and maintaining participant safety, comfort, and independence.

The Float PCA/DCW must be flexible, dependable, and able to quickly adapt to new participants, varying schedules, and different home environments while delivering care in accordance with each participant's approved Person-Centered Service Plan (PCSP), agency policies, and applicable state and federal regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities/Coverage Responsibilities

• Provide scheduled coverage when a participant's regular caregiver is unavailable.
• Accept assignments on short notice whenever possible.
• Travel to various participant homes throughout the agency's service area.
• Maintain flexibility to work mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and varying shift lengths based on agency needs.
• Assist with emergency staffing situations and last-minute schedule changes.
• Ensure continuity of care while maintaining high-quality service standards.

Flexibility Expectations

Because this position is designed to provide coverage for absent caregivers, the Float PCA/DCW is expected to:

• Be willing to travel throughout the agency's service area.
• Work with multiple participants and families.
• Learn and follow different participant care routines.
• Adapt quickly to changing assignments.
• Demonstrate reliability and dependability.
• Help ensure uninterrupted participant care whenever possible.

Minimum Qualifications

• Meet all qualifications required of a Personal Care Attendant (PCA)/Direct Care Worker (DCW).
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma, GED, or demonstrate the ability to read and complete required documentation.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Valid driver's license or state-issued identification.
• Reliable transportation and current automobile insurance.
• Ability to travel throughout the agency's service area.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Successfully complete required background checks.
• Successfully complete agency orientation and annual mandatory training.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $14.00 - $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid orientation
• Paid training

Work Location: In person