Care Professional - Adult Day Health Care

Choice in Aging • Pleasant Hill, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

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

The role provides individualized, respectful care that promotes participants’ personal worth, agency, social confidence, and hope. It involves building one-on-one relationships, learning about participants’ preferences and backgrounds, providing companionship, assisting with activities of daily living, and offering safety supervision and emotional support. The Care Professional also helps maintain the program area, prepares and serves food, and completes assigned client documentation while maintaining confidentiality. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties may change with or without notice.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Clear TB test.
• Pass the Livescan fingerprint background check.
• Communicate clearly in spoken and written English.
• Project voice loudly and articulate clearly when needed to communicate with hearing-impaired clients.
• Work as a team member.
• Be able to safely and physically assist participants with toileting and respond quickly to participant needs.
• Hear and respond to bathroom assistance buzzer sounds.
• See participants in the program to observe and respond to assistance needs.
• Speak clearly and with sufficient volume for hearing-impaired participants.
• Push, pull, move, and assist with transferring adult participants.
• Ability to transfer a maximum of 50 pounds.
• Be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the first day of employment; fully vaccinated means at least two weeks past the final dose of an authorized vaccine regimen.

Responsibilities

• Lead, engage in, and assist with program activities, encouraging client participation through recognition, respect, and trust.
• Provide care that respects and values each individual’s uniqueness and promotes personal worth, agency, social confidence, and hope.
• Build respectful one-on-one relationships with participants and learn about their interests, background, family history, likes, and dislikes.
• Interact with participants through constructive conversation and companionship.
• 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 a clean program area and complete assigned cleaning duties.
• Assist with food preparation, including cutting, pureeing, thickening, and plating; serve meals and refreshments and assist 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 costs 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 (PTO); staff working 40 hours per week can earn 17 days per year.
• PTO on most national holidays.
• Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance for full-time employees.
• Long-term disability coverage for full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

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