Direct Care Worker
Community Living Program
Four Pointes Center for Successful Aging
Pay: $13.00 - $14.00 per hour
Job Type: Part-time
Schedule: Day shift, Monday to Friday
Work Location: On the road / North Ottawa County
Work Remotely: No
Four Pointes Center for Successful Aging is seeking a caring, dependable Direct Care Worker to support older adults through routine household assistance and companionship. This position helps clients maintain an adequate, safe, and healthy living environment while providing respectful support in their homes.
This is a flexible, part-time day shift position with paid time off, six paid holidays, no weekends, no on-call or mandatory shifts, and no lifting beyond the stated physical requirements.
Benefits include:
Flexible schedule
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Day shift scheduling
Choose your own schedule
No weekends
No on-call or mandatory shifts
Paid educational opportunities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Direct Care Workers assist clients with routine household tasks and companionship, including:
Light housekeeping tasks, including dusting, vacuuming, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms and kitchens, making beds, laundry services, and helping maintain a safe and healthy living environment.
Shopping for necessities, including groceries.
Assistance with meal preparation, if needed.
Companionship.
Respite for the caregiver, if needed.
Maintaining appropriate boundaries with clients and their families.
Observing, reporting, and recording any change in a client’s condition or home environment.
Maintaining a consistent client schedule and immediately contacting clients and the supervisor regarding absences.
Qualifications
Qualified candidates should be thorough, efficient, and able to work independently.
Applicants must be able to perform housekeeping, laundry, and cleaning tasks.
Applicants must be able to maintain accurate records.
Candidates must be friendly and demonstrate a caring attitude at all times.
Reliable transportation is required, with the ability to serve clients in north Ottawa County. A valid Michigan driver’s license and car insurance are required.
Must be able to lift and/or move at least 10 pounds.
General Responsibilities
Attend periodic in-services, professional conferences, meetings, and seminars, and represent the agency on committees as assigned.
Work as part of a team.
Maintain confidentiality.
Maintain monthly reporting and documenting requirements.
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Reports to: Community Living Director
Classification: Non-exempt
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
While performing the duties of the job, the employee is required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee must be able to travel in all kinds of weather and have reliable transportation.
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.'
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Work Remotely
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Work Location: On the road
