Caregiver

SR COMPANIES LLC•Bluffton, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver enhances the SRIM experience by providing heartfelt care to residents and their families and demonstrating the organization’s golden-rule value. The role supports residents’ daily living needs, including assistance with activities of daily living, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry, while encouraging independence. Caregivers help maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment and work collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management. The position also involves monitoring and reporting changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, responding to requests for assistance, participating in resident leisure activities, following emergency and safety procedures, and supporting the training and mentoring of new employees. The caregiver must comply with workplace policies, attendance expectations, dress code, and HIPAA regulations, and may be assigned other reasonable duties.

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 carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodation where applicable.

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.
Observe and report daily changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being to a supervisor.
Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in leisure activities listed on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment for residents.
Perform daily general housekeeping duties according to established cleaning schedules.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests for assistance, including phone calls and requests from family members and visitors.
Communicate in a language each resident can understand.
Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Identify and help prevent objects or situations that could cause harm or falls; practice safe working habits and body mechanics; and report safety hazards promptly.
Follow established policies and procedures in emergency situations and serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather, remaining at the community until released by a supervisor.
Work cooperatively with associates and management to accomplish assignments and maintain a positive, respectful attitude.
Follow attendance and call-off policies; participate in trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings; and comply with 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 maintain the community in an orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.