What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Support Specialist (PSS) position at Bridges Home & Community Services?
Bridges Home & Community Services has immediate openings for Personal Support Specialists in Augusta and surrounding areas!
Are you a compassionate person who enjoys enriching the lives of others? Do you enjoy being a valued member of a team? If you answered yes, then come join our team of professionals here at Bridges Home & Community Services.
Potential responsibilities and duties:
- Light cleaning, cooking, running errands and doing laundry
- Assisting clients with bathing, showering, grooming, and other personal hygiene tasks
- Engage clients in activities like reading, talking, and playing games
What Bridges Home & Community Services offers you:
- PSS Certification Reimbursement
- Fill in and weekend differentials
- Earned Paid Leave
- Holiday Pay (on designated holidays)
- Discounted AAA membership
- Access to health insurance after a waiting period
- Attendance and Referral Bonuses
- Opportunity for Annual Pay Increases
- Supportive work environment
- Opportunity to be dually certified as a PSS and a DSP
Qualifications
- No previous heath care experience necessary. We offer training to obtain PSS certification. Current PSS, CNA or DSP are preferred but not required.
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Be 18 or older
- Valid Maine driver’s license
- Reliable vehicle with current insurance'
'Work Location: Multiple locations
Bridges Home & Community Services is fully committed to ensuring equal opportunity and equal consideration to all applicants and employees in the recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, or termination of employment and all other terms and conditions of employment. Accordingly, the terms and conditions of employment will be based on an applicant’s qualifications, relevant experiences, job performance, conduct, and competence. No applicant for employment or current employee will be treated less favorably than other employees or applicants by reason of race, color, religion, gender, national origins, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, military status, or any other status protected by law.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $17.50 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Vision insurance
Work Location: On the road
Salary : $18 - $18