Passionate Caregiver

Assisting Hands of Charleston; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading home care agency in Charleston is looking for compassionate caregivers who are team players and reliable. You will be responsible for maintaining clients' living environments, assisting with personal care tasks, and monitoring clients' conditions while ensuring safety and comfort. Our agency offers competitive salaries and flexible scheduling to support our caregivers. If you have a strong work history and enjoy working in a supportive environment, we invite you to apply to join our family.

Qualifications

• Enjoy caring for others.
• Strong work history.
• Demonstrated reliability and consistent work history.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and safety in client's residence.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene and daily living activities.
• Report changes in client’s condition.
• Administer medication as per instructions.
• Assist with mobility devices and routine household tasks as needed.
• Observe changes in health and keep records as required.

Skills

Compassionate

Team Player

Reliable

Reliable and strong work history

Job description

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Come Join Our Family!

Assisting Hands Home Care, a leader for In-Home Care services is looking for the best caregivers to join our team. At Assisting Hands, you truly are the heart of our company. Not only do we provide a supportive work environment, but we also offer flexible scheduling and competitive pay!

Qualifications

• Compassionate
• Enjoy caring for others
• Team Player
• Reliable and strong work history

Primary Duties

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
• Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;
• Measuring intake and output of fluids;
• Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;
• Keeping records of personal health care activities;
• Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.

Medication Administration

Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:

• Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the client.
• In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the container, and closing the container.
• Placing an oral dosage in the client's hand or placing the dosage in another container and helping the client by lifting the container to his or her mouth.
• Returning the medication container to proper storage.
• Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self-administration of medication.
• Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication.
• Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications.
• Assisting the client in the self-administration process. Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm, hand, or other parts of the client’s body so as to allow the self-administration of medication.
• Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
• Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual.

Hours

Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours.

If you want to work with the best home care agency around, apply here to join the family!