Caregiver/Personal Assistant

Job Summary

As a Caregiver/Personal Assistant, you’ll provide respectful, person-centered support in home, community, and residential settings. You’ll assist with daily routines, personal care, meals, and safe mobility while communicating clearly with clients and care teams. Your impact: By following care plans and observing changes in well-being, you help clients maintain comfort, dignity, and greater participation in daily life.

Duties

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, meal preparation, cooking, cleaning, and personal transportation.
• Provide direct support and patient care for older adults and people with disabilities, including individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Observe and monitor clients, report changes, and support vital-sign checks and medication administration when authorized and trained.
• Use safe manual handling and patient transfer methods, including a Hoyer lift when trained; follow first aid and emergency procedures.
• Follow care plans, protect resident rights and privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and communicate respectfully with clients and care teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in caregiving, home care, home health, or home and community care is helpful; group home, assisted living, nursing home, long-term care, hospice, senior care, or geriatric experience is valued.
• Familiarity with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or memory care and patient observation or monitoring is preferred.
• Experience supporting people with disabilities is an asset. Nursing experience is welcome but not required.
• First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification are preferred; follow applicable medication and equipment requirements.
• Able to perform essential care tasks, including safe transfers and lifting, with appropriate techniques and assistance.

Pay: $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40.0 per week

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral program

Work Location: In person