HomeCare Assistant

Experience Champaign Urbana; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 37,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 paid holidays

Paid time off after 90 days

Life insurance

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Family Service in Champaign, IL is seeking a compassionate HomeCare Assistant to help older adults live independently at home. You will assist with daily tasks, transportation, grooming, meals, and mobility, following each client's care plan.

You will document daily activities, report changes, and participate in trainings. Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, CNAs welcome, valid driver's license, reliable vehicle, and the ability to pass a background check.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or at least one year of related experience.
• CNAs are a great fit for this position.

Responsibilities

• Help with groceries, meal prep, laundry, and cleaning to keep client homes comfortable.
• Provide transportation to appointments and store, and assist with putting away groceries.
• Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, supervision, and medication reminders per care plan.
• Provide companionship and maintain client well-being.

Skills

CNA experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Opening

HomeCare Assistant

POSTED: September 21, 2026

Overcoming One of the Biggest Challenges in Advanced Aging: Living Independently

As they advance in the aging process, many older adults struggle with changes in mobility, managing pain, navigating the onset of dementia of oneself or one’s spouse, and/or growing unease with driving. Tasks that were once automatic can become overwhelming.

Our HomeCare Assistants offer a middle-ground solution. They provide non-medical, supportive care to clients, making it possible for older adults to live in their homes for as long as possible.

Your Role as a HomeCare Assistant

As HomeCare Assistant, you’ll be a key team member who rallies around your clients, giving them ground-level help with tasks they can no longer manage comfortably. Every client has a specific care plan that outlines exactly what will be done. Each client is different, of course, but the following are typical tasks in our care plans. This means you’ll be:

• Keeping the proverbial home fires burning by helping with groceries, meal prep, laundry, and cleaning, which keeps the client in an environment that is both clean, comfortable, and nourishing.

• Being the client’s travel partner by driving them to appointments or to the store. For trips to the grocery store, you’ll bring groceries in and put them away, as well.

• Assisting with bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, supervision, and medication reminders in accordance with the client’s care plan.

• Providing positive, uplifting companionship to the client.

Outside of client care, we need to keep detailed, accurate records. Part of caring for clients is documenting. That means you’ll be:

• Recording tasks completed for the client each day.

• Keeping a close eye on your clients and reporting back to your supervisor about changes in function, mental health, or cognitive status that you observe. This gives clients an extra layer of protection – it is often the case that you’ll notice subtle changes before family members or medical staff who see them less frequently.

• Reporting any unsafe or unhealthy elements of their living environment.

Again, all these activities are provided in strict accordance with the care plan for each client.

Our HomeCare assistants are part of our team, and as such, they participate in staff meetings and trainings. We have robust procedures and guidelines to help you do the best work you can for the clients, and we work with all our HomeCare assistants to understand, interpret, and put the policies and procedures into practice.

Who You Are: The Ideal Candidate

First, do you have interest in working with older adults? This is our most successful HomeCare Assistants’ best asset.

If you are the ideal candidate, you have a high school diploma, GED, or at least one year of directly related experience, particularly with the aging population. CNAs are a great fit for this position.

You’ll have the following abilities and availability:

Can work at least 10 hours per week during business hours

Cordial and friendly with clients, maintaining professionalism and kindness at all times

Willing to be flexible – things can change quickly in this industry, and we roll with it

Organized and efficient with minimum supervision

Respectful of various lifestyles, cultures, temperaments, and needs

Communication: Can read and write for necessary record-keeping (we’re not terribly picky about spelling)

A reliable vehicle with standard safety features, a valid driver’s license, and insurance appropriate to transport clients

Accessible by phone

Can complete the HomeCare Assistant training program successfully

You must also be able to pass a background check.

Any individual who is the subject of a pending investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services for child abuse or neglect, or who has been the subject of an indicated abuse or neglect report which has not subsequently been overturned on appeal, is not eligible for employment at Family Service. Current investigation by or substantiation of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation by an adult protective services agency also disqualifies a person for employment at Family Service until and unless allegations are found to be unsubstantiated.

THE FAMILY SERVICE CULTURE

Family Service has a culture that is reflected in our name: We are both family-focused (both the families we serve and the families we are from), and we pride ourselves on being strongly service-oriented. We are cultivating a workplace that is humble and diligent, a place where you can enjoy your coworkers, be proud of your impact, and always look for new and better ways to enhance our community. We train our people thoroughly and consider ourselves a training ground for being the best humanity has to offer. If you are looking for a position in an organization that values kindness, fresh ideas, hard work, and going the extra mile to help our clients and our community, Family Service might be the place for you. (Of course, we’re an Equal Opportunity Employer.)

THE PACKAGE

$18.75-19.25/hr, 37.5 hours per week

12 paid holidays

Paid time off after 90 days — can accrue up to 200 hours

Life insurance

Mileage reimbursement for community travel

QUALITY-OF-LIFE PERKS

Fantastic work-life balance

Great work mission: you will genuinely make a difference here

Family Service is an institution with an excellent reputation as an employer

We’re evolving from a local to a regional nonprofit. Things are moving fast, and it’s exciting.

Work location: In person at 405 South State Street, Champaign, IL