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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a caregiver you provide a variant of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their homes. These services
generally fall under three categories:
• Companionship
• Home Helper
• Personal Care

Companionship services are those that stimulate, encourage and assist an individual. The primary responsibilities of

• Providing companionship and conversation
• Provide stabilization and assistance with walking
• Preparing meals and cleaning up meal-related items
• Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders

Home Helper:

Home Helper services generally involve light housekeeping, errands or incidental transportation. The primary
responsibilities of Home Helper services include the following:

• Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms,
kitchens, etc.)
• Washing and ironing laundry
• Running errands
• Accompanying clients to appointments

Personal Service:

Personal Services are personal in nature and often include assistance with activities of daily living.

The primary
responsibilities of Personal Services include the following:

• Assisting with bathing
• Assisting with grooming
• Assisting with toileting and incontinence issues

Secondary responsibilities include the following:
• Contributing to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life
• Performing other reasonable duties as assigned
• Reporting hours according to office policy
• Reporting any significant changes in a client’s needs or living conditions
• Regularly communicating with supervisor and office staff

Essential Qualifications:

• Must be minimum of 19 years of age
• Holds the minimum education (high school diploma or GED), experience and skills to perform responsibilities
(Approximately six months prior experience in either acute care, long-term care or community-based care
setting preferred. Home Care experience preferred.
• Must have and continue a clean Criminal Background report
• Must have and continue a clean Sex Offender report
• Must have and continue a clean Child and Adult Protective service report
• Must have and continue a clean Driving Record showing 3pts or less
• Understand, speak, read and write English clearly
• Ability to lift, push or pull 75 pounds
• Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, and reach
• Ability to walk independently up and down a normal flight of 13-15 stairs
• 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 adapt to various living environments and locations
• Ability to communicate with clients in a friendly and congenial manner

Potential Qualifications
The caregiver position may require you to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client using your
vehicle or a client’s vehicle.

You must have your own vehicle and provide a valid driver’s license and current auto
insurance
Potential Schedules
The caregiver position provides opportunities for a variant of shifts, including overnight.
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.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Must have high school diploma or GED
Ability to read limited number of two and three syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between word
and between series of numbers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these
operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions. Ability to deal with
standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.