CAREGiver- Weekends only - Part-time

At Home Instead Senior Care we are a close knit team of caregivers who rely on each other to ensure our clients receive the highest quality of care. We only hire committed professional caregivers who love working with the elderly during all hours of the day and night. We do what we do because we want to enhance the lives of seniors and their families. We expect this same kind of passion from every team member. Only apply if you can live by our high standards of care and want to be challenged on a daily basis.
PLEASE do not apply if your main purpose is to find any job that will get you by in the short term. If this is you, applying here will only be a waste of your time and ours. However, if your main purpose for applying is to find a career that will help satisfy your desire to serve others, we would love to hear from you! 

 
The primary responsibilities of Client Services include the following:
 

• Providing companionship and conversation
• Providing stabilization and assistance with walking
• Preparing meals and cleaning up meal-related items
• Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders
• Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, etc.)
• Washing and ironing laundry
• Running errands
• Accompanying clients to appointments
• Assisting with bathing
• Assisting with grooming
• Assisting with toileting and incontinence issues

 
Secondary Responsibilities
Secondary responsibilities include the following:
 

• Contributing to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life
• Performing other reasonable duties as assigned
• Reporting hours according to office policy
• Reporting any significant changes in a client’s needs or living conditions
• Regularly communicating with supervisor and office staff

 
Essential Qualifications
An individual must posses the minimum education, experience and skills to perform the primary and secondary responsibilities the job requires.
 
Additional qualifications include:
 

• Ability to lift, push or pull 25 pounds
• Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, and reach
• Ability to withstand exposure to dust, mold, mildew and cleaning solutions

• Ability to treat and care for clients and their property with dignity and respect
• Ability to adapt to various living environments and locations
• Ability to communicate with clients in a friendly and congenial manner

 
Special Qualifications
Ability to drive or take public transportation to client locations
 
Potential Qualifications
The CAREGiver position may require you to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client using your vehicle or a client’s vehicle.
 
Potential Schedules
The CAREGiver position provides opportunities for a variety of shifts, including overnight.
   
The CAREGiver Job Description describes the general nature and level of work for the position. It is not a comprehensive list of its responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts and conditions. Your employer reserves the right to modify the description in the future with or without notice. The responsibilities for this position are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
 
Your employer is Best Senior Care, Inc. (d.b.a. an independently owned and operated Home Instead Senior Care franchise). Your employer is not Home Instead Senior Care. This job description does not create an employment contract, nor imply it. Employment with your employer remains at will.