Lifesteps Inc·Pine Township, Pennsylvania
The Direct Care Worker provides in-home personal care and household support to individuals with special needs or disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, meal preparation, errands, and maintaining a safe environment for clients.
accessAbilities, a local Human Services agency, is immediately hiring caring and enthusiastic, part-time staff to assist individuals with In Home Caregiver services in the Heilwood, PA area for our Home & Community services program.
In Home Caregivers (also known as Attendants) support participants with household duties and personal care services. Staff assist with laundry, housekeeping, shopping and preparing meals, and help with errands. Duties also include transfers from/to bed, bathing, dressing, grooming and assisting with personal support equipment such as wheelchairs, manual/electric lifts, and leg braces, etc.
We also support individuals who have special needs or intellectual and developmental disabilities. These Caregivers can provide companionship to individuals while also helping them with household chores, shopping, attending medical appointments, going out to eat or to a movie, etc. Employees of accessAbilities work to assist the special needs clients with maintaining or improving their skills that allow them to live and participate in the local community.
We offer Flexible Part-time Hours and Shifts. Work when you are available. Hours can be as little as 4 per week up to 28 per week. You decide.
No experience is necessary. Paid training is provided. Prior experience as a direct care worker or home health aide is helpful, but not required.
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Part-Time: Varies
Market context
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