Care Professional - Adult Day Health Care

Choice in Aging • Antioch, CA

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About The Position

The Care Professional works under the supervision of the Activity Coordinator and direction of the Program Director. As a member of the Choice in Aging team, this role provides health and social services to frail elders and adults with disabilities. The Care Professional leads and assists with program activities, supports fellow staff in meeting clients’ physical and social needs, and documents participants’ daily interactions and physical well-being. The position supports Choice in Aging’s mission to create opportunities for people to learn, grow, and age independently with dignity in community.

The role provides individualized, respectful care that values each participant’s uniqueness and promotes personal worth, agency, social confidence, and hope. Duties include building one-on-one relationships with participants; learning about their interests, backgrounds, and preferences; providing conversation and companionship; assisting with activities of daily living; and offering safety supervision, emotional support, and behavior management when necessary. The Care Professional also assists with food preparation and meal service, helps maintain a clean program area, completes assigned client documentation, and protects confidentiality.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time, with or without notice. Final candidates must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their first day of employment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Clear TB test.
• Must pass a LiveScan fingerprint background check.
• Ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written English.
• Ability to project the voice loudly and articulate clearly when needed for participants with hearing impairments.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to safely and physically assist participants with toileting.
• Ability to respond quickly and physically to participant needs.
• Ability to hear bathroom assistance buzzer sounds.
• Ability to see participants in the program to observe and respond to their need for assistance.
• Ability to speak clearly and with volume for participants with hearing impairments.
• Ability to push, pull, move, and assist with transferring adult participants.
• Ability to transfer a maximum of 50 pounds.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the first day of employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, engage in, and assist with program activities, encouraging participant involvement through recognition, respect, and trust.
• Provide care that respects and values each individual’s uniqueness and supports personal worth, agency, social confidence, and hope.
• Build respectful one-on-one relationships with participants and learn their likes, interests, backgrounds, family histories, and dislikes.
• Provide constructive conversation and companionship to participants.
• Assist clients with non-instrumental activities of daily living, including toileting, feeding, ambulating, transferring, dressing, grooming, and personal hygiene.
• Provide safety supervision and emotional support, and manage participant behavior when necessary.
• Help maintain clean program areas and complete assigned cleaning duties.
• Assist with food preparation, including cutting, pureeing, thickening, and plating; serve meals and refreshments and help with cleanup.
• Complete assigned client documentation, including progress narratives, flow sheets, toileting logs, and staff communication logs.
• Maintain confidentiality in all matters of client care.
• Assist fellow staff in attending to participants’ physical and social needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for staff working 30 or more hours per week.
• Dental and vision insurance at no cost if medical coverage is waived.
• Medical coverage costing employees $150 per month.
• 20% tuition discount at the on-site Choice in Learning Montessori preschool, if space is available.
• Voluntary illness and accident protection through Aflac.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Floating holiday.
• Birthday holiday.
• Paid time off; staff working 40 hours per week can earn 17 days per year.
• Paid days on most national holidays.
• Full-time employees receive life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance.
• Full-time employees receive long-term disability coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED