The Personal Care Assistant I provides culturally sensitive and respectful personal care and home management
support for service recipients in their chosen place of residence, while ensuring that services provided are in
alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency.

Experience

• 1. High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• 2. Current certification as a Nurse Aide with the Texas Department of Health( preferred); and documented evidence of status on the Texas Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry with no findings of service recipient abuse or neglect, or misappropriation of service recipient property.
• 3. While performing the duties of this job, candidate must be able to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl, talk, hear, taste and smell.
• 6. State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance.

• 4. At least one (1) year’s experience in direct care of service recipients in an institutional setting. At least one (1) year of full-time experience within the last five (5) years in direct patient care in a home health or institutional setting.
• 5. Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.

Education

• High School or better in Social Work

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)