Caregiver

Job description

F & N Care Services is seeking Community Attendant Services (CAS) caregivers / personal care assistants to provide non-technical, medically related personal care services to adults whose health problems cause them to be functionally limited in performing activities of daily living, according to a statement of medical need.

Responsibilities

Our CAS program includes the following tasks:
1) Personal care tasks related to the care of the individual's physical well being, including:

(A) Bathing, which involves:
(i) drawing water in sink, basin, or tub; (ii) hauling or heating water; (iii) laying out supplies; (iv) assisting in or out of tub or shower; (v) sponge bathing and drying; (vi) bed bathing and drying; (vii) tub bathing and drying; and (viii) providing standby assistance for safety;

(B) Dressing, which is:
(i) dressing the individual; (ii) un-dressing the individual; and (iii) laying out clothes;

(C) Meal preparation, which involves:
(i) cooking a full meal; (ii) warming up prepared food; (iii) planning meals; (iv) helping prepare meals; and (v) cutting client's food for eating;

(D) Feeding or eating, which is:
(i) spoon-feeding; (ii) bottle-feeding; (iii) assisting with using eating and drinking utensils and adaptive devices, not including tube feeding; and (iv) providing standby assistance or encouragement;

(E) Exercise, which is walking with the individual;

(F) Grooming, shaving or oral care, which involves:
(i) shaving; (ii) brushing teeth; (iii) shaving underarms and legs, when requested; (iv) caring for nails; and (v) laying out supplies;

(G) Routine hair or skin care, which is:
(i) washing hair; (ii) drying hair; (iii) assisting with setting, rolling, or braiding hair, not including styling, cutting, or chemical processing of hair; (iv) combing or brushing hair; (v) applying nonprescription lotion to skin; (vi) washing hands and face; (vii) applying makeup; and (viii) laying out supplies;

(H) Assistance with self-administration of medication

(I) Toileting, which involves:
(i) changing diapers; (ii) changing colostomy bag or emptying catheter bag; (iii) assisting on or off bedpan; (iv) assisting with the use of a urinal; (v) assisting with feminine hygiene needs; (vi) assisting with clothing during toileting; (vii) assisting with toilet hygiene, including the use of toilet paper and washing hands; (viii) changing external catheter; (ix) preparing toileting supplies and equipment, not including preparing catheter equipment; and (x) providing standby assistance;

(J) Transfer, which is:
(i) non-ambulatory movement from one stationary position to another, not including carrying; (ii) adjusting or changing the individual's position in a bed or chair (positioning); and (iii) assisting in rising from a sitting to a standing position;

(K) Ambulation, which involves:
(i) assisting in positioning for use of a walking apparatus; (ii) assisting with putting on and removing leg braces and prostheses for ambulation; (iii) assisting with ambulation or using steps; (iv) assisting with wheelchair ambulation; and (v) providing standby assistance;

2. Home management tasks that support the individual's health and safety, including:

(A) Cleaning, which is:
(i) cleaning up after the individual's personal care tasks; (ii) emptying and cleaning the individual's bedside commode; (iii) cleaning the individual's bathroom; (iv) changing the individual's bed linens and making the individual's bed; (v) cleaning floor of living areas used by the individual; (vi) dusting areas used by the individual; (vii) carrying out the trash and setting out garbage for pick up; (viii) cleaning stovetop and counters; (ix) washing the individual's dishes; and (x) cleaning refrigerator and stove;

(B) Laundry, which involves:
(i) doing hand wash; (ii) gathering and sorting; (iii) loading and unloading machines in residence; (iv) using laundromat machines; (v) hanging clothes to dry; (vi) folding and putting away clothes;

(C) Shopping, which is:
(i) preparing a shopping list; (ii) going to the store and purchasing or picking up items; (iii) picking up medication; and (iv) storing the individual's purchased items; and

3. Escorting, including:
(A) accompanying the individual outside the home to support the individual in living in the community;

(B) arranging for transportation, not including direct individual transportation;

(C) accompanying the individual to a clinic, doctor's office, or location for medical diagnosis or treatment;

(D) waiting in the doctor's office or clinic with an individual if necessary due to client's condition or distance from home.