Care Professional - Casual

Choice-in-Aging-2; Antioch (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Choice in Aging (CiA) seeks a Care Professional - Casual to lead and assist with program activities and provide health and social services to frail elders and adults with disabilities. You will document daily interactions and support participants' physical wellbeing in a respectful, dignified manner.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma, TB test, LiveScan background check, and clear English communication. You will work as part of a team to ensure safety and compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Must communicate clearly in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Must be able to follow directions and document accurately.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist with program activities, encouraging client participation with respect.
• Provide care respecting each individual's uniqueness and dignity.
• Document daily interactions and physical wellbeing for participants.
• Maintain a clean program area and assist with food prep and service as needed.
• Offer safety supervision, emotional support, and behavior management when needed.
• Preserve client confidentiality in all aspects of care.
• Assist with activities of daily living including toileting, hygiene, and transfers.
• Build one-on-one relationships based on trust and respect.

Skills

English proficiency

Teamwork

Clear communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Under the supervision of the Activity Coordinator and the direction of the Program Director, the Care Professional - Casual leads and assists with program activities, assists fellow staff attend to the physical and social needs of clients in the program, and completes documentation regarding participant daily interactions and physical wellbeing. In addition, the Care Professional - Casual works as a member of the Choice in Aging (CiA) team, providing health and social services to frail elders and adults with disabilities to meet CiA's mission to create opportunities where people can learn, grow, and age independently with dignity in community.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Essential Functions:

• Lead, engage and assist with program activities, encouraging client participation by implying recognition, respect and trust.
• Provide care which respects and values the uniqueness of the individual.
• Seek to maintain and restore the personhood of individuals through the creation of an environment that promotes personal worth, agency, social confidence, and hope.
• Build relationships with each individual participant, resulting in a one-on-one relationship based on respect.
• Take an active role to understand each participant’s likes, interests, background, family history and dislikes.
• Interact with participants involving good, constructive, beneficial conversation and companionship.
• Assist clients with (non-instrumental) activities of daily living including toileting, feeding, ambulating, transferring, clothing, grooming, and personal hygiene.
• Provide safety supervision, emotional support, and when necessary, behavior management for participants.
• Participate in maintaining a clean program area in general and specific cleaning duties as assigned.
• Assist with preparation of food (cutting/pureeing/thickening/plating), serving meals, refreshments and clean-up.
• Complete client documentation as assigned including progress narratives, flow sheets, toileting logs, and staff communication logs.
• Ensure confidentiality in all matters of client care.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Clear TB test, must pass a LiveScan fingerprint background check.
• Must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in written English.
• Must be able to loudly project voice and articulate clearly when necessary for hearing impaired clients.
• Must be able to work as a team member.

Typical Physical Demands

Have the ability to:

• Safely and physically assist with toileting participants.
• Have the ability to physically respond quickly to participant needs.
• Hear and respond to buzzer sounds for assistance in the bathroom.
• See participants in the program in order to observe and respond to needed assistance.
• Speak clearly and with volume for hearing impaired participants.
• Be able to push, pull, move, and assist with transferring adult participants.
• Have the ability to transfer a maximum of 50 pounds.

Please Note: Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. Final candidates must be fully vaccinated as of their first day of employment.