Weekend Caregiver

WEEKEND CAREGIVERS
Objective:
Home Instead Senior Care CAREGivers provide a variety of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their homes. These services are meant to enhance the quality of life for seniors. Home Instead Senior Care helps clients and their families meet the challenges of aging with dignity, pride, care, and compassion.
Primary Responsibilities:
Reflect the core values of Home Instead Senior Care of Sioux Falls. (d.b.a. an independently owned and operated Home Instead Senior Care franchise).
Contribute to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life.
Document daily activities and report any significant changes in a client’s needs or living conditions.
Maintain regular communication with office staff.
Provide companionship and home helper services which could include;or
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 lisnens, cleaning bathroom, kitchens, etc.)
Washing and ironing
Accompanying clients to appointments
Provide Personal Care Services which could include;
    Assisting with bathing
    Assisting with grooming
    Assisting with toileting and incontinence issues
Provide Specialized service which could include;
    Advanced Alzheimer’s/Dementia Carea
    Hospice Care
    And more
Secondary Responsibilities: .
Report hours per office policy and communicate changes in availability in a timely manner.
Participated in bi-annual J.D. Power and Associated Satisfaction Survey.
Document client information in Client and Life Journal.
May require you to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client using your vehicle or a client’s vehicle.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.
Essential Job Requirements:
Be at 18 years of age
Ability to lift, push, or pull 25 pounds
Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, and reach
Complete a criminal background check, DMV (Motor Vehicle Record check, pre-employment drug screen, 3 professional references and 3 personal references 
Possess a valid driver’s license
Possess valid auto insurance
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 communicate with clients in a friendly and congenial manner
This document 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 subjected to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This employer is Home Instead Senior Care – Sioux Falls, Inc. (d.b.a. an independently owned and operated Home Instead Senior Care franchise). Your employer is not Home Instead Senior Care.

Each Home Instead franchise is independently owned and operated.