Companion Aide
Companion Aide
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05-04-2025
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Job Description
Description:
- Home Care Companions provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age sickness disability and/or other inflictions. Home care may include light housecleaning laundry meal preparation transportation companionship respite and advice on such things as nutrition cleanliness and household activities.
- Home Care Companions are responsible for ensuring that service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.
Reporting Relationship
Reports to Supervisor
Responsibilities/Activities:
- Provide companionship friendship and emotional support.
- Talk listen share experiences play games/cards read to client etc.
- Help keep clients in contact with family friends and the outside world.
- Provide transportation to medical appointments grocery store and errands.
- Accompany clients to recreational and/or social events.
- Assist with plans for visits and outings.
- Write or type letters/correspondence.
- Organize and read mail.
- Plan trips and outings and possibly travel with clients.
- Teach/perform meal planning and preparation.
- Perform light housekeeping.
- Participate on the Care Team by providing input and making suggestions.
- Ensure service is delivered in accordance with Agency policies procedures and industry standards.
- Monitor supplies and resources.
- Evaluate the program and make recommendations as indicated.
- Follow the written care plan.
- Assist in basic client transfers providing the client has been assessed as being capable of ambulating without assistance; and/or providing another trained caregiver (including family) is involved in the transfer.
- Carry out duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
- Observe the clients functioning and report to Supervisor.
- Complete and maintain records of daily activities observations and direct hours of service.
- Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
- Make decisions and solve problems.
- Assist with pet care.
- Communicate with Supervisor and coworkers.
- Attend orientation inservice training sessions and staff meetings.
Required Knowledge
- Knowledge of home management skills.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing client services including needs determinants meeting quality standards and evaluation of client satisfaction.
- Knowledge of the English language.
- Knowledge of information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries including emergency first aid and CPR.
- Knowledge of clerical procedures such as maintaining records and completing forms.
Required Skills/Abilities
- The ability to be aware of other peoples reactions and understand why they react as they do.
- The ability to establishing and maintain relationships.
- The ability to teach others.
- The ability to identify problems and determine effective solutions.
- The ability to apply reason and logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions.
- The ability to understand written and oral instructions.
- The ability to communicate information orally and in writing.
- The ability to listen and understand the spoken word.
- The ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
- The ability to determine or recognize when something is likely to go wrong.
- The ability to suggest a number of ideas on a subject.
- The ability to provide advice and consultation to others.
- The ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.
- The ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with clients/families/coworkers.
Physical and Mental Demands:
- Good physical and mental health.
- Physical ability to stand walk use hands and fingers reach stoop kneel crouch talk hear and see.
- Mental fortitude and stability to handle stress.
- Physical and mental ability to drive a vehicle.
Qualifications/Education
- Current drivers license.
- Proper Vehicle Insurance Coverage.
Training/Experience:
- May require related experience.
- May required similar social and cultural backgrounds with some clients.
Employment Type
Part-Time
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