Personal Care Attendant
Venus, TX
Part Time to Full Time
Experienced
Salary $13.02/hr to start
Needs Alzheimer's/Dementia Care Experience
*Incentive and Benefits Packages
Dental/Vision/Supplemental Coverage
Location: Venus, TX
Job Purpose:
Provide personal care services and support in the comfort of the client's home. This is
non-medical Direct Care.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide personal care services of a non-medical nature, according to an approved plan of care
- Supports clients by aiding with the Activities of Daily Living or ADLs (bathing/dressing/toileting/hygiene/meal prep/assistance with meals/mobility monitoring/medication reminders
- Helps family members or primary caregivers care for the client by teaching appropriate ways to transfer, turn, and re-positioning if necessary
- Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy client environment by following agency standards and procedures
- Updates job knowledge by participating in industry educational opportunities
- Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, agency policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements
- Enhances service reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
Skills/Qualifications:
- Be skilled at caring for others
- Need good interpersonal skills must be service oriented, posses good bedside manner
- Must have patience and compassion for elderly and/or disabled citizens
- Must provide 2 Professional References
- 6 months or more of prior direct caregiving experience preferred/some training provided
- Experience working with individuals with dementia/Alzheimer's disease
- Skilled in verbal and written communication
- Must be dependable and have reliable transportation
- Must meet background eligibility requirements
- SERIOUS APPLICANTS ONLY
This description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. The agency reserves the right to change or amend the duties as the needs of the business change
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