Caregiver/Personal Assistant

Angels Homecare - Glendale Heights, IL

Full-time - Entry Level

Glendale Heights, IL

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Caregiver/Personal Assistant role at Angels Homecare involves providing essential support to residents in their daily activities, ensuring their comfort and well-being. This entry-level position is ideal for individuals looking to start a career in caregiving, with no prior experience required. The role emphasizes compassion, patience, and the ability to assist residents in maintaining their independence while adhering to their individual service plans.

Responsibilities

• Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and getting to and from activities and meals according to the individual service plan.
• Encourages residents to do as much of their own care as possible.
• Serves meals to residents in the dining room or apartments and may assist in preparing meals following pre-planned menus.
• Encourages residents to eat a proper diet and take adequate fluids while respecting the resident's right to free choice and records and reports changes in resident's eating habits to the supervisor.
• Initiates and participates in leisure activities provided for residents as described in the activity calendar and encourages residents to socialize and participate in planned activities or programs to develop friendships with other residents.
• Maintains residents' records daily in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy and procedures; documents medication distribution as applicable, leisure activities, incidents, and observations; reports any changes in resident's physical condition and/or behavior, and visitors; observes and reports the health and emotional condition of each resident; and promptly reports all changes to the supervisor.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for the residents; performs general housekeeping; and follows cleaning schedules for resident laundry, bedrooms, dining area, living space, bathrooms, kitchen, and other areas.
• Follows proper procedures in emergency situations and responds promptly and positively to resident requests for assistance.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the US.
• Preferred 6 months to 1 year of experience but NOT required.
• Vaccinated or Unvaccinated are welcome (proof prior to seeing a client).
• Ability to work day shifts and be flexible with hours.