Care Professional (30+ hours per week wanted)
DeKalb Health
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Job summary
Lindsey Life Home Care seeks Care Professionals to provide compassionate, non-medical support to adults in their homes. This role focuses on safety, independence, and quality of life, with structured routines and meaningful daily tasks.
The ideal candidate is dependable, detail-oriented, and communicates clearly with clients and families. Availability includes day, evening, overnight, and some weekends; full-time hours are not guaranteed.
Qualifications
- Passion for direct service to older adults or vulnerable clients.
- Maturity, patience, adaptability, and teamwork.
- Experience working independently with sound judgment and time management.
- Comfort using calendars, email, smartphones, and basic computer tools.
Responsibilities
- Provide non-medical support per individualized service agreements and care expectations.
- Offer companionship and socialization through conversation, activities, and engagement.
- Assist with personal care such as meals, bathing, toileting, dressing, and hygiene.
- Support household tasks like laundry, cleaning, and shopping.
Skills
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Job description
- Location 101 West Windsor Road,Urbana, IL, 61802,United States
- Job Category Home Care
- Employee Type Non-Exempt
- Required Degree High school
- Name Yemi Adelekan
- Phone 217-239-6354
- Email yadelekan@lindseycommunities.com
Home Care Professional
(30+ hours per week wanted)
Lindsey Life Home Care | Non-Exempt | 12a-11:59pm availability wanted
Daytime, Evenings and Overnights | Full-time hours cannot be guaranteed
If you are interested in working less than 30+ hours, apply to the job posting less than 30 hours per week wanted.
Lindsey Life Home Care is looking for dependable, compassionate Care Professionals who want meaningful work supporting adults in their homes. In this role, you will provide non-medical services that help clients remain safe, independent, connected, and comfortable while pursuing their best lives.
We are seeking individuals who take pride in doing their job thoroughly and thoughtfully. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, structured, observant, reliable, and able to communicate clearly while responding with patience and flexibility to the changing needs of clients and families.
If you are confident, friendly, and you can move at a fast pace, while maintaining accuracy, then please continue reading.
Lindsey Life provides interrelated, life-enhancing services for life after 50. We partner with clients and families in ways that encourage well-being, independence, and community. Our mission is to orchestrate innovative solutions, services, and connections for adults and their families as they seek to achieve their best lives.
- Provide non-medical support to clients according to individualized service agreements and care expectations.
- Offer companionship and socialization through conversation, games, walks, activities, and other client-preferred engagement.
- Assist with personal services such as meal preparation, bathing, toileting, dressing, hygiene, and other daily support needs.
- Support household needs such as laundry, dishwashing, cleaning, shopping, organizing, and simple home tasks.
- Provide or arrange transportation and accompany clients to medical appointments, errands, activities, or other approved destinations.
- Observe changes in client condition, routine, safety, or environment and communicate concerns promptly and factually.
- Complete required documentation accurately, thoroughly, and on time.
- Work closely with other Care Professionals and Lindsey Life Home Care team members to support smooth, reliable service delivery.
- Attend required meetings, in-services, and educational training.
- Work up to 12-hour shifts, including every other weekend and some holidays as needed.
You may be a strong fit for this role if you are someone who values structure, follows through on commitments, and takes pride in mastering your responsibilities. Care Professionals should be able to work independently, notice important details, and communicate in a factual, respectful, and direct way with clients, families, and team members.
- Dependable, punctual, and accountable.
- Compassionate, respectful, and patient with clients and families.
- Detail-oriented and able to follow structured routines, procedures, and client-specific instructions.
- Observant and analytical, with the ability to notice changes and share clear information with the team.
- Flexible and able to respond positively to changing schedules, shifting priorities, interruptions, and unexpected needs.
- Comfortable working independently while staying connected to the care team.
- Able to maintain professionalism and mental stamina during frequent interactions, disruptions, or long shifts.
- Friendly, adaptable, compassionate, and committed to excellence in service.
- Demonstrated passion for providing direct service to older adults and/or vulnerable clients.
- Maturity, patience, adaptability, and willingness to work closely as part of a team.
- Experience working independently, using sound judgment, and managing time effectively.
- Comfort using calendars, email, smartphones, and basic computer tools.
- Valid driver’s license, reliable access to a car, and active auto insurance.
- Ability to successfully complete required drug testing and IDPH fingerprint criminal background check.
- Willingness to work weekends, holidays, adverse weather conditions, and up to 12-hour shifts as needed.
- Must be in good general health, as set forth by this company and division; and maintain
- Personalgood health and safety practices to be able to do the job.
- This position requires bending, lifting, pushing, sitting,standingand walking for extended periods of time; and the ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
- May be requested to work on weekends and holidays when necessary.
- May berequiredto work in adverse weather conditions.
The starting hourly pay rate for this position is $18.75 - $19.40 per hour and is based on experience.
Lindsey Lifeoffers optional enrollment and/or access to the following benefits to full-time and part-time employees:
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Medical and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
- AFLAC policies: Short Term Disability, Cancer, Specific Health Event and Off-Site Accident
- Long Term Disability (full-time)
- Life Insurance
- Educational Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off Accrual includes time off for vacation, personal, sick leave, and holidays
- Mandated Paid Time Off Accrual
- Sick Leave for longer-term illness
- Employee Assistance Program
- On-Site Fitness Center
- Uniform Purchase Assistance
- Enrollment in Lifelock and AAA
At Lindsey Life Home Care, we promise to listen to how each person defines their “best life” and work enthusiastically to make it a reality. We treat every person with respect, integrity, and compassion. We strive to be Friendly, Adaptable, Compassionate, and Excellent in everything we do, while building community and finding fun in living every day.
Lindsey Life actively celebrates all people and their backgrounds through our actions and activities. We strive to create an environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. Team Members are expected to engage respectfully, demonstrate cultural sensitivity, collaborate inclusively, continue learning, and model equitable behaviors in all interactions.
If you are compassionate, dependable, detail-oriented, and motivated by helping others live safely and well at home, we invite you to apply for the Care Professional role with Lindsey Life Home Care.
Additional Information
- Schedule Schedule vairies. Day time, evening and overnight time positions are available.
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