Direct Care Worker - Part Time
Quality Connections Inc.
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Flagstaff, AZ
Contract type: Part time
Benefits:
Overview
Our care professionals are the heart of our organization who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes.
Responsibilities
Direct Care Workers (DCWs) provide direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the community or at their home.
Essential Responsibilities/Job Duties
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Overview
Our care professionals are the heart of our organization who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes.
Responsibilities
Direct Care Workers (DCWs) provide direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the community or at their home.
Essential Responsibilities/Job Duties
- Clocking In on time
- Performing personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care-related tasks. Fostering positive relationships between individuals served and their housemates
- Ensuring client safety and maintaining a safe environment
- Assisting with toileting, including bedpans, urinals, and commode chairs
- Reminding/assisting client with self-administration of medications (with proper training)
- Encouraging self-help activities
- Reporting changes in client's condition or family situation to the office
- Documenting services provided
- Performing home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning
- Planning meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up
- Accompanying client to scheduled appointments
- Transporting clients or running errands for clients
- Other duties as assigned
- Clocking Out on time
- High school degree/GED required (in most cases)
- 18 years of age or older
- Valid driver's license (in most cases)
- Ability to work in a group home, home-like settings
- Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the company
- Ability to handle physical aspects of the job, including bending, stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and walking for periods of time
- Must maintain state regulatory certifications, as required by state/program requirements
- Medication Administration as required by state/program requirements
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