direct care worker to assist clients living with mobility limitations. Your duties will include performing housekeeping tasks, assisting clients with meals, and taking care of their personal hygiene needs. As a direct care worker, your duties will also include running errands.

To ensure success as a direct care worker, you should possess knowledge of best practices in providing care and experience in a similar role. Ultimately, an outstanding direct care worker will be someone who can be entrusted with the wellbeing of clients and one who demonstrates a caring approach.
Direct Care Worker Responsibilities:

• Providing immobile, ill, or frail clients with assistance, company, and comfort.
• Administering medicine and treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers.
• Monitoring the physical, mental, and emotional conditions of clients and reporting changes to designated parties.
• Performing personal hygiene care and housekeeping duties.
• Preparing meals and assisting clients with eating and drinking.
• Assisting with the use of incontinence products or providing bathroom visit support.
• Running errands, including shopping for groceries and basic household items.
• Assisting clients from their beds into chairs or wheelchairs, and back.
• Accompanying clients on trips, such as medical appointments.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and safe environment.

Direct Care Worker Requirements:

• Extensive knowledge of best practices in the provision of direct care.
• Experience in administering prescribed medications and treatments.
• Exceptional ability to assist clients with mobility, personal care, and hygiene needs.
• Ability to perform basic housekeeping duties, run errands, and prepare meals.
• Advanced ability to maintain a clean and sterile environment, as well as safely discarding biological waste.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a caring approach, and physically fit.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including evening hours, weekends, and holidays.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays
• On call
• Overtime

Experience:

• Caregivers & Care Facility Occupations: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person