Care Associate/PSS - Memory Care (DAY SHIFT)
About The Position
In this role you will be responsible for providing assistance to residents in the Memory Care Program with their activities of daily living, enabling them to lead a quality life while maintaining their dignity. The position involves providing kind, caring, and consistent companionship and support to residents, assisting them with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and mobility. The role also includes participating in and leading activities, serving residents during mealtime, assisting with laundry and basic housekeeping within the memory care neighborhood, and ensuring resident/family/employee concerns receive timely response and follow-up.
Requirements
- Acceptable proficiency in English to perform job duties, communicate with supervisor and other employees, and respond and communicate to emergency situations.
- You may need to have a CNA or CHHA license depending on the state.
- You have basic computer skills. Proficiency with Outlook, Excel and Word is required.
- You are compassionate, kind, engaging and helpful.
- You possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- You have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- You can maintain a positive and friendly demeanor toward the residents and your co-workers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with seniors with dementia including participation in activities is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide kind, caring, and consistent companionship and support to residents.
- Provide assistance, encouragement, and restorative interventions, as needed, for Memory Care residents to be as independent as possible in their activities of daily living including but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and mobility.
- Participate in and lead one on one and group activities.
- Serve residents during mealtime, assist with memory care laundry, and basic housekeeping within the memory care neighborhood.
- Ensure that resident/family/employee concerns receive timely response and follow up, thus striving to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.
- Maintain a positive and professional demeanor toward all residents, visitors and co-workers.
Benefits
- health
- dental
- vision
- retirement benefits
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- paid time off
- DailyPay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
