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Family Model Care Giver (Contractor) (Full Time)
Location: Meritan - Memphis, TN

Do you have a passion to help others? Do you have an empty bedroom in your home? Meritan, Inc., a health, human, and social services nonprofit, is seeking a Contract Family Model Caregiver to join its Residential Services team in West Tennessee. This contractor position will support individuals 18 years of age and older who have health-related, developmental, and/or intellectual disabilities within the contractor’s home and in the community. If you are a nurse and tired of being on your feet all day, this could be perfect for you! Pay includes monthly room and board as well as a daily stipend for providing support to someone in your home.

Some qualifications to be a family model caregiver include:

•  High School diploma or equivalent

• Good organizational skills

• Valid driver's license and auto insurance

• Everyone in the home 18 years of age and older must be able to pass a background check

• Basic computer literacy and willingness to learn computer software program

• Ability to provide personal care including bathing, personal hygiene, meal preparation and environmental support

Meritan provides homes of refuge and healing to special needs foster children and in-home services to the elderly and disabled so that they may remain living independently in their community.