Personal Care Worker (with consumer)

Milwaukee Succeeds; Mequon (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

IndependenceFirst is seeking a part-time Personal Care Worker to provide direct, one-on-one personal care services to consumers. This role is supervised by the Care Coordinator and focuses on delivering compassionate support in daily living activities.

Responsibilities include assisting with bed transfers, bathing, grooming, mobility, meal prep, and light housekeeping while maintaining strict confidentiality and accurate documentation of care provided.

Qualifications

• Must have adequate training in personal care services and in each skill assigned.
• Documentation of training is required; previous experience may be accepted in lieu of formal training.
• Familiar with the philosophy and concepts of independent living.
• Ability to understand and follow the consumer's instructions.
• Good communication and relate well to others.
• Physical strength sufficient to perform required job tasks.
• Demonstrate dependability and honesty; able to follow a written plan of duties.

Responsibilities

• Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
• Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care.
• Assisting consumer with bathing or showering.
• Assistance with eating and grooming to include mouth, denture, hair, shaving and nail care.
• Assistance with dressing and undressing.
• Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
• Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gait belt, walker or cane.
• Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheelchair and reverse.
• Skin care excluding wound care.
• Meal preparation and serving.
• Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
• Changing of consumer's bed, washing bed linens and consumer's personal clothing.
• Completion of timesheets and documentation; keep consumer information confidential.

Skills

Compassionate care

Excellent communication

Reliability

Physical strength

Job description

Position Summary

Personal Care Worker providespersonal care services to consumer(s) of IndependenceFirst. Personal Care Worker is directly supervised by the Care Coordinatorand the consumer(s) for whom they provide personal care services.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
• Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care
• Assisting consumer with bathing or showering
• Assistance with eating.
• Assistance with grooming to include mouth, denture, hair,shaving and nail care.
• Assistance with dressing and undressing.
• Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
• Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gaitbelt, walker or cane.
• Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheel chair and reverse.
• Skin care excluding wound care.
• Meal preparation and serving.
• Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
• Changing of consumer's bed, washing bed linens and consumer'spersonal clothing.

Additional Responsibilities

• Completion in a thorough, accurate and timely manner of alltime sheets and documentation of consumer's condition as necessary.
• Keep consumer's information confidential.

The above listed essential functions and qualifications arenot all-inclusive as changes and/or other responsibilities may beassigned as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

Personal Care Worker must have adequate training in theprovision of personal care services and in each skill that thepersonal care worker is assigned. Documentation of training isrequired. Previous experience may be accepted in lieu of formal training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the philosophy and concepts of independent living.
• Ability to understand and follow the consumer's instructions.
• Good communication and to relate well to others.
• Good past employment references.
• Physical strength sufficient to perform required job tasks.
• Demonstrate dependability and honesty.
• Ability to work in a one on one setting and to be able tofollow a written plan of duties.

Job Description

Position Summary

Personal Care Worker providespersonal care services to consumer(s) of IndependenceFirst. Personal Care Worker is directly supervised by the Care Coordinatorand the consumer(s) for whom they provide personal care services.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
• Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care
• Assisting consumer with bathing or showering
• Assistance with eating.
• Assistance with grooming to include mouth, denture, hair,shaving and nail care.
• Assistance with dressing and undressing.
• Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
• Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gaitbelt, walker or cane.
• Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheel chair and reverse.
• Skin care excluding wound care.
• Meal preparation and serving.
• Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
• Changing of consumer's bed, washing bed linens and consumer'spersonal clothing.

Additional Responsibilities

• Completion in a thorough, accurate and timely manner of alltime sheets and documentation of consumer's condition as necessary.
• Keep consumer's information confidential.

The above listed essential functions and qualifications arenot all-inclusive as changes and/or other responsibilities may beassigned as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

Personal Care Worker must have adequate training in theprovision of personal care services and in each skill that thepersonal care worker is assigned. Documentation of training isrequired. Previous experience may be accepted in lieu of formal training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the philosophy and concepts of independent living.
• Ability to understand and follow the consumer's instructions.
• Good communication and to relate well to others.
• Good past employment references.
• Physical strength sufficient to perform required job tasks.
• Demonstrate dependability and honesty.
• Ability to work in a one on one setting and to be able tofollow a written plan of duties.

IndependenceFirst is a EOE/M/W/Vets/Disability Employer. Persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.