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SEM Haven is seeking a CNA Care Partner to work cooperatively with residents, families and staff to provide for physical, social and environmental needs. You will promote resident engagement and participate in daily life activities within assigned households.
Responsibilities include assisting with meals, mobility, and household tasks while upholding safety and quality standards in a supportive, respectful home environment.
The Care Partner works cooperatively and respectfully with residents, coworkers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home. He or she provides for the physical, social and environmental needs of residents according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations. The CNA Care Partner actively promotes the resident’s opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels. The Care Partner is a participant in resident-centered care and team based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s). The above paragraph outlines some of the functions that make this position necessary. The focus of SEM Haven is to be a resident-centered organization based on resident choice. SEM Haven is a family, which includes residents and staff, as well as resident families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the residents of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their home. The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you come into contact with as a person deserving respect. As a member of a household you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training i.e. assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting residents; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for residents.
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Success on your job requires the following skills:
There are stresses associated with working in a long-term care environment. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to, shift rotation, weekend and holiday duty, unusual or impaired behavior by residents, family reactions to having a loved one in the facility, death and dying, oversight of State surveyors, Ombudsmen and Federal officials, presence of consultants and Attorneys, and variable involvement of medical staff.
According to ADA guidelines reasonable accommodations will be made for staff members who are unable to perform the essential functions of the job.
Education/Experience: Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of Ohio , on the registry or eligible for testing; training in food sanitation , housekeeping procedures, restorative nursing and resident activities.
Free from illegal use of drugs and free from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential.
Ability to read, write and speak the English language.
We're an equal opportunity employer.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
SEM Haven is a non-profit ministry providing nursing and residential care for older adults of varying economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. We strive to preserve and promote human dignity, self-determination, individual freedom and accustomed lifestyle. Our vision is for SEM Haven to be a home where companionship and caring relationships thrive through empowerment and personal choice.