Home Care Assistant

LSSI • Des Plaines, IL

5d

About The Position

The Home Care Assistant supports clients with household tasks, activities of daily living, personal care, mobility, and activities outside the home. The assistant observes client functioning, reports changes to a supervisor, follows the client’s plan of care, and documents services provided. The role requires professional, respectful, and compassionate interactions with clients, families, LSSI workforce members, and collaborative organizations or individuals.

LSSI offers paid training before direct service work is assigned. The position pays $18.75 per hour, with salary based on relevant education, experience, and licensure. Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent, or one year of experience in a comparable human service capacity, or one year of experience caring for a dependent child or adult family member, or demonstrated continued progress toward meeting the educational requirements of a general education diploma.
• Background check clearance.
• Complete required training before being assigned direct service work.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to communicate clearly and comprehensibly in English, verbally and in writing.
• Knowledge of basic home care duties and ability to follow and perform duties assigned in the client plan of care.
• Demonstrated compassion for client needs.
• Reliable transportation required.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of one year of experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license in good standing for the state of residency preferred.
• Valid Illinois statutory minimum liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage preferred.

Responsibilities

• Observe client functioning and report changes to the supervisor or employer, taking initiative to notify the supervisor of changes.
• Assist with household chores, including planning and cooking meals, making beds, dusting, washing dishes, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning rooms, and doing laundry.
• Assist clients with shopping and appointments outside the home.
• Assist clients with activities of daily living and personal care, including bathing, shampooing and drying hair, shaving, medication reminders, nail care, mouth care, and dressing.
• Assist clients with ambulation, positioning, toileting, and transfers.
• Complete appropriate records documenting services provided, follow the plan of care, and report changes in the calendar.
• Demonstrate professional and positive behavior and carry out responsibilities with integrity, treating clients, families, LSSI workforce members, and collaborative organizations or individuals in a dignified, respectful, honest, and fair manner.

Benefits

• On-demand flexible paydays for earned wages through the Dayforce Wallet app.
• Competitive salary based on relevant education, experience, and licensure; $18.75 per hour.
• Opportunity for advancement.
• For full-time employees: healthcare insurance, up to 26 days of paid time off per calendar year, sick time, a 403(b) plan, an Employee Assistance Program, and flexible hours.
• Paid training.

What This Job Offers

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