Caregiver

SR COMPANIES LLC•Gainesville, VA

16d•$19 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver enhances the SRIM experience by providing heartfelt care to residents and their families and promoting the organization’s Golden Rule core value. The role supports residents’ daily living needs, encourages independence, and helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment. Caregivers work with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management, and may assist with training and mentoring new employees.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to perform the essential duties, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with activities of daily living, including dressing, grooming, peri-care, toileting, and hygiene.
Interact with residents with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect, communicating in a language each resident can understand.
Observe residents and report changes in their health or emotional wellbeing to a supervisor daily.
Serve and assist residents during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in leisure activities listed on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment, including completing general housekeeping according to established cleaning schedules.
Respond promptly and courteously to residents’ requests for assistance, including phone calls and requests from family members and visitors.
Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Identify and help maintain a safe and secure environment; practice safe working habits and body mechanics, and report hazards promptly.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies and serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather, remaining at the community until released by a supervisor when required.
Work collaboratively with associates and management and maintain a positive, respectful attitude toward work, policies, residents, families, visitors, and colleagues.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, participate in trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
Refer inquiries about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor; comply with HIPAA regulations.
Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
Take initiative, seek additional information, offer solutions and suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
Perform housekeeping and laundry duties to keep the community clean, orderly, and sanitary.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.