Caregiver - Part Time

**Benefits:** - Bonus based on performance - Company parties - Competitive salary - Flexible schedule - Health insurance - Opportunity for advancement - Paid time off - Training & development **Come Join Our Family!** Assisting Hands Home Care, a leader for In-Home Care services is looking for the best Caregivers to join our team. At Assisting Hands, you truly are the heart of our company. Not only do we provide a supportive work environment, but we also offer flexible scheduling and competitive pay! Are you a compassionate, hardworking person who loves to work one on one with clients, allowing them to remain in their home instead of going into a living facility? This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator in compliance with the Plan of Care. **Areas of Care Include:** Bulverde, Spring Branch, Canyon Lake, New Braunfels, Seguin, and San Marcos, as well as all of San Antonio. **Benefits:** - Competitive salary - Flexible schedule - Training & development - Bonus based on performance - Company parties - Opportunity for advancement - Mileage reimbursement - Paid training - Caregiver Recognition Days - Employee of the Month Program **Primary Duties:** - Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client. - The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned. - Providing nutritional support as needed. - Reporting changes in the client’s condition. - Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or Hoyer lift. - Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises. - Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family. - Measuring intake and output of fluids. - Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure. - Keeping records of personal health care activities. - Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor. - Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication. - Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications. - Assisting the client in the self-administration process. Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm, hand, or other parts of the client's body so as to allow the self-administration of medication. - Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines. - Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual. - Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client. **Education:** High School Diploma/GED required **Qualifications:** - Compassionate - Enjoy caring for others - Team Player - Reliable and strong work history - Minimum of one-year professional experience working with seniors. (Examples: In-home care, Independent/Assisted living/Memory care community, Hospital and Rehab) - Reliable transportation - Current TB or Chest X-ray - Current CPR certification required **Reports to:** Staffing Coordinator **Hours:** Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours. **FLSA Status:** Non-exempt **Compensation:** $15.00 - $17.00 per hour with bonuses available up to $20/hr; referral bonuses **If you want to work with the best…