HOMECARE ASSISTANT

Family Service; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off after 90 days

Mileage reimbursement for travel

Excellent work-life balance

Job summary

Family Service in Champaign, IL seeks a HomeCare Assistant to support older adults at home. You’ll help with daily tasks, transportation, personal care, and accurate record-keeping, following each client’s care plan. No medical training needed; CNA experience preferred.

We value kindness, reliability, and flexibility. This role offers a strong work-life balance, paid time off after 90 days, and mileage reimbursement for community travel.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or at least one year related experience.
• CNA experience is a great fit for this role.
• Ability to pass a background check is required.

Responsibilities

• Help with groceries, meal prep, laundry and cleaning to keep client in a clean, nourishing environment.
• Transport clients to appointments and stores; bring groceries in and put away.
• Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, supervision, and medication reminders as per care plan.
• Provide positive companionship to the client.
• Record daily tasks and report changes in function, mental health, or cognition to supervisor.
• Identify unsafe living conditions and communicate with the team.

Skills

Flexible schedule

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Cultural sensitivity

Reliable vehicle

Background check clearance

Education

High school diploma or GED

1 year related experience

CNAs are a great fit

Job description

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

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