Caregiver IDD Respite

Position: Caregiver IDD Respite [1134]

Program

Amarillo, Texas – IDD (Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities) Respite

Salary

$17.50/hr.

Shift available

Full-time and part-time

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”

Essential duties and responsibilities of the Caregiver

• Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
• Shift hours: Multiple full-time and part-time openings
• Potential on-call rotation
• The Caregiver performs direct care for persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in a residential setting for male or female residents
• The Caregiver is responsible for training, transporting, preparation of meals, feeding, bathing, toileting, medication administration and maintaining a safe and clean environment for the residents, and other duties associated with daily living
• Transports consumers to and from scheduled day programs, outings, appointments, and recreational functions as required. Includes transporting in cars, minivans, and 15 passenger vans.
• Order, stock, inventory, and rotate food supplies to maintain sufficient quantities to facilitate the operation of the group home with household needs
• Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and/or business standa...