CHIMA Homecare

In Home Caregiver

Warwick, RI, US$39,520-$43,680Posted 1 day ago

Job Description

Job Summary

As an In Home Caregiver, you’ll provide respectful, dependable support to clients in their homes and communities. You’ll assist with daily routines, observe changes in well-being, and follow each client’s care plan while protecting privacy and personal choice. Your impact: By providing attentive, consistent care, you help clients and families support safety, comfort, and independence at home.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), including personal care, mobility, and safe transfers; use a Hoyer lift when required and follow safe manual-handling practices.
  • Prepare meals, help with cooking and cleaning, and provide personal transportation assistance as assigned.
  • Monitor clients, observe and report changes, and support vital-sign checks and medication administration only as authorized and within applicable requirements.
  • Follow care plans, uphold residents’ rights, protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and use first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills when needed.
  • Provide compassionate support for older adults and people with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, autism, intellectual or developmental disabilities, and other disabilities; communicate clearly with clients and care teams.

Skills

  • Required: Caregiving, patient care, patient observation and monitoring, client communication, patient personal care assistance, ADL support, meal preparation, cleaning, patient transfer methods, and safe manual handling.
  • Relevant experience may include home care, home health, home and community care, senior care, geriatrics, hospice care, memory care, dementia care, or long-term care.
  • Group home, assisted living, or nursing home experience is valued, as is experience supporting people with autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, intellectual disabilities, or other disabilities.
  • Knowledge of nursing, social work, care plans, medication administration, vital signs, HIPAA, first aid, and CPR is helpful; heavy lifting may be required.

Pay: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour

Benefits

* Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person

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