We are hiring for: Choices Personal Caregiver / Direct Support / Chattanooga
Type: Regular
If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services.
A Caregiver provides non-medical personal care services as well as homemaker services to individuals in their own homes and communities, who have experienced a loss in their ability to independently perform the activities of daily living and to remain in a safe, clean, and healthy home environment.
Activities of daily living refers to bathing, dressing, transferring, using the toilet, eating and walking, to the degree which reflects the client's capacity for self-care.
Homemaker services is direct and practical assistance with household tasks and related activities.
As Caregiver you will provide support for your clients in residential settings. You will get to know your clients on a personal level as you assist them with in daily care.
Our Caregiver come to know the individuals that they work with less as clients, more as friends. If you're looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference in the lives of the people that you serve, then consider RHA Health Services - where we put people first.
Pay: $15 / hour
Flexible Schedule and both Full Time and Part Time Positions available
Additional responsibilities of the Caregiver include: Non-Medical Personal Care Services: - Assisting with eating, including monitoring for safety and intake, and following special diets
- Assisting with personal care and hygiene including bathing, tooth care and grooming including nail, skin, and hair care
- Assisting with self-administered medication
- Assisting with dressing
- Assisting with transfers including one and two person pivot and use of lifts and devices
- Emptying or changing external urinary collecting devices
- Assisting with urinals, bedpans and / or commodes
- Assisting in monitoring regularity in bowel movements
- Assisting with prosthetics such as applying / removing / cleaning hearing aids and limbs;
- Assisting with menstrual care;
- Assisting with positioning in bed, wheelchair and other chairs;
- Assisting with cradles, rolls and pillows
- Providing bowel or incontinence care
- Encouraging clients to perform normal body movements, as tolerated;
- Encouraging clients to follow prescribed exercise programs;
Homemaker Services: - Conducting routine housekeeping activities such as making/changing beds, dusting, washing dishes, cleaning kitchen counters, cupboards and appliances, including oven, and stove top burners, cleaning inside of refrigerator, gathering up trash from inside the home and putting it out for pick up, cleaning bathroom fixtures, sweeping/vacuuming/scrubbing floors, and cleaning upholstery
- Washing inside windows and cleaning blinds that are within reach without climbing
- Doing laundry and ironing
- Mending clothes
- Teaching / performing meal planning and preparation
- Cleaning up after meals
Respite Services: - Respite Care services are services furnished on a short-term basis because of the absence or need for relief of those persons normally providing the care.
Job Requirements - A Desire to care for others
- There are no education or experience requirements for this position
Physical requirements to perform essential functions of the job included: - Regularly required to lift 30 lbs.
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 70 lbs.
- Must be able to pull a minimum of 50lbs.
- Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop.
- Must be able to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
- Required to regularly stand and walk.
- Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level requiring to work on hands, knees, bending, standing and lifting.
- Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.
Pre-employment screening: - Complete criminal background
- Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
- Drug testing
- Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
- Proof of employment history or references (if required)
- Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.
We offer the following benefits to employees: - Payactiv: early access to the money you've earned from hours you've already worked, before payday.
- Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money.
- Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
- Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
- 401(k) retirement savings program
- Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
- Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
- Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities
contract/contingent workers and interns do not qualify for any of the above benefits
EEO Statement RHA is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact our solutions center.
About RHA: At RHA Health Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes.
For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey.
If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of people we serve and support apply to join the team today.