Caregiver

Minimum Qualifications

• One year experience in direct patient care with a home health agency, nursing home, hospital, or completion of 40 hour training course with certification
• Valid Arkansas driver’s license or ID
• Proof of auto liability insurance
• Reliable transportation

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of personal care techniques
• Ability to read, write and follow instructions
• Ability to respond to individual needs
• Ability to adjust to various working conditions and settings
• Ability to assist with lifting and transferring adult clients safely
• Ability to lift, transfer, squat, bend, stoop

Duties and Responsibilities

• Caregivers help older people with meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry and household tasks, self-administered medications, and bathing, grooming and dressing.  Specific duties may include:
• Assisting customer with personal grooming, including but not limited to bathing, showering, dressing, shampooing and drying/styling hair, shaving, toileting, skin care, tooth brushing and/or denture care
• Transferring customer from bed to chair/wheelchair or from chair to bed
• Conducting passive range of motion exercises and assisting in the exercise of joints with active range of motion exercises
• Operating assistive devices and equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, mechanical beds, and assisting in the use of these devices
• Changing and laundering bed linens
• Assisting with meal preparation and feeding
• Performing general housekeeping duties including but not limited to sweeping, vacuuming, washing dishes and taking out trash
• Straightening and maintaining orderliness of client’s immediate environment
• Shopping and/or running errands as needed
• Observes and documents client’s status on each visit
• Documents care given and any problems noted

Additional Information

Applicants must satisfy other criteria, such as background checks, employment verification, etc., before becoming qualified candidates for employment.

Pay: $11.00-$15.00 Per Hour

CareLink does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.