Senior Care Assistant

Visiting-Angels; Killeen (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Weekly pay with direct deposit

Employee recognition

24-hour support from office

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Visiting Angels Temple is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to provide companionship, safety supervision and personal care for clients in Temple and surrounding areas including Killeen and Fort Hood.

The role offers flexible schedules with a minimum of 20 hours per week and weekend availability. You will drive to client homes and support multiple clients as needed. A minimum of 1 year of hands-on caregiving, reliable transportation, and a clean background are required.

Qualifications

• MUST have over 1 year of hands-on caregiving experience with the elderly
• MUST be able to work weekends
• Be over 18 years old
• Successful completion of a Criminal History check
• Professional references
• Reliable transportation of your own that you will be driving
• Valid Driver’s License/clean driving record/proof of insurance

Responsibilities

• Hygiene and grooming assistance (bathing, dressing, incontinence care, etc.)
• Medication reminders
• Monitoring/safety supervision
• Meal preparation
• Light housekeeping
• Laundry, errands and shopping
• Ambulation/mobility assistance, including lifting 50lbs and above
• Supportive companionship
• Respond quickly in case of an emergency
• Transportation to and from appointments

Skills

Caregiving experience

Weekend availability

Reliable transportation

Driver's license

Time management

Integrity and ethics

Professional references

Job description

Senior Care Assistant

Visiting Angels Temple is a leading non-medical, private duty home care agency providing companionship, safety supervision and personal care to help adults continue to live safely with dignity and independently in their homes.

We are looking for a Senior Care Assistant who has availability on weekdays AND weekends. Senior Care Assistant shifts can be any length of time between 1 hour to 12 hours- day OR night! We coordinate with your availability and our clients' needs to build your perfect schedule! Our goal is to schedule you for a MINIMUM of 20 hours/week, which means you can pick up AS MANY clients as you’d like!!! Our clients reside in Temple and surrounding areas (Killeen, Harker Heights, Nolanville, Fort Hood, Copperas Cove, Belton, Temple, and MORE) therefore, a Senior Care Assistant MUST have reliable transportation of your own that you will drive to and from each client and be willing to travel outside of Temple. Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply!

What a Senior Care Assistant can expect:

• FLEXIBLE schedules
• WEEKLY pay with direct deposit available
• Employee recognition, celebrations and rewards
• 24-hour support from your attentive office managers
• Medical, dental and vision insurance available
• Paid Time Off

Senior Care Assistant job duties include but are not limited to:

• Hygiene and grooming assistance (bathing, dressing, incontinence care, etc.)
• Medication reminders
• Monitoring/safety supervision
• Meal preparation
• Light housekeeping
• Laundry, errands and shopping
• Ambulation/mobility assistance, including lifting 50lbs and above
• Supportive companionship
• Respond quickly in case of an emergency
• Transportation to and from appointments

Senior Care Assistant Requirements:

• A great attitude, helpful and ready for anything
• Ability to take direction, follow rules and be proactive
• Good time management skills
• High integrity and strong ethics
• MUST have over 1 year of hands-on caregiving experience with the elderly
• MUST be able to work weekends
• Be over 18 years old
• Successful completion of a Criminal History check
• Professional references
• Reliable transportation of your own that you will be driving
• Valid Driver’s License/clean driving record/proof of insurance

Shifts Offered:

• Full Time
• Part Time
• 8 Hour Shifts
• 10 Hour Shifts
• 12 Hour Shifts
• Short Shift