Personal Care Attendant

Live Well Home Care; Missoula (MT); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Well Home Care in Missoula, MT seeks compassionate caregivers to provide in-home support to elderly and disabled clients. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, meal prep, light housekeeping, transportation, and medication reminders, all delivered with dignity and respect.

You will collaborate with a care team to follow individualized care plans, monitor client wellbeing, and ensure a safe, clean living environment while offering companionship and respite care to

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care or home care preferred.
• Ability to follow care plans and instructions.
• Compassion, empathy, and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living including ambulation, bathing, dressing, and transferring.
• Provide personal care and hygiene such as mouth care, hair care, nail care, shaving, and skin care.
• Support meal planning and preparation and assist with light housekeeping tasks.
• Provide companionship and emotional support to reduce isolation.
• Provide respite care for families per care plans.
• Accompany clients to appointments, errands, and outings.
• Assist with medications reminders and monitoring.
• Document observations and report safety concerns to the Branch Manager.
• Follow the written care plan and supervise home environment for client safety.
• Assist with shopping and errands as required by the care plan.

Job description

Join a company that has a passion for taking care of people!

Job Summary:

Provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities, who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability, and/or other inflictions. Personal Care may include assistance with the activities of daily living, housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, transportation, companionship, and respite. Responsible for ensuring service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Assist with the activities of daily living and personal care including:

• ambulation

• bathing

• dressing

• exercise

• feeding

• hair care

• medication reminding

• mouth care

• nail care

• positioning

• shaving

• skin care

• toileting

• transferring

• Ensure client’s safety and security by supervising the home environment.

• Teach/perform meal planning and preparation, routine housekeeping activities such as making/changing beds, dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, cleaning kitchen and bathroom, and laundry.

• Provide companionship including social interactions, conversations, emotional reassurance, and encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.

• Provides respite care for families in accordance with care plans.

• Perform/assist with essential shopping/errands, which may include handling the client’s money in accordance with the care plan and under the observation of the Branch Manager.

• Assist clients with following a written, special diet plan and reinforcement of diet maintenance as identified on the care plan.

• Escort clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping, and outings as specified in the care plan.

• Assist clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence for them.

• Participate with Client Care Team (Branch Manager and Regional Leadership) by providing input and making suggestions.

• Ensure service is delivered in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.

• Monitor supplies and resources.

• Follow the written care plan.

• Carry out duties as assigned by the Branch Manager.

• Observe clients and their environments and reports unsafe conditions to Branch Manager.