Provide personal care and incidental activities of daily living as assigned to clients in a home setting.

Essential Functions:

• Assist as assigned with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, toileting snf elimination, and adequate nutritional intake.
• Assist as assigned with ambulation and transfers.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and healthy client environment.
• Ass sits clients as assigned with incidental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking, and medication reminders.
• Utilize basic infection control measures such as hand washing and personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate to the task and assignment.
• Use proper body mechanics.
• Engage in respectful social interaction with the client, including friendly conversations and empathetic support as well as respecting clients' privacy and property.
• Exhibit positive attitude, behavior, demonstrate respect to other employees, clients, maintain confidentiality of all information pertaining to the clients and clients' families.
• Organize self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks.
• Attend mandatory Company In-services and provide requested documents to keep employee file current.
• Follow the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned.
• Document and report any noticeable changes in client physical condition, attitude, reaction, appetite, etc., to the supervisor/manager in a timely manner.
• Report all client and employee incidents/accidents to your supervisor/manager immediately.
• Complete other assignments as requested and assigned.
• May have access to personal health information (PHI) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Successful completion f a Personal Care Aide (PCA) training program approved by NYS Department of Health or NYS Education Department; or
• Graduate of approved Alternative Competency Demonstration (ACD) program.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Meets applicable health requirements to provide client services.
• Ability to hear, speak, write, and read in a manner understood by most people.
• Able to read and interpret instructions related to providing services to the client and use equipment required in providing service.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks to effectively deal with multiple changes based on client needs and scheduling.