Home Health Aide. 35.5 hrs

Maximum Care•Whitehall, PA

10d•$19

About The Position

Maximum Care, Inc. is seeking a Direct Care Worker to support elderly people, people with disabilities, and participants with intellectual disabilities. The role involves providing physical and emotional care related to illness, injury, or disability, and assisting participants with dignity, patience, compassion, and respect. Home assistance may include light housekeeping, errands, transportation, accompanying clients to appointments, medication assistance or reminders, meal preparation, food shopping, and personal assistance with daily living needs such as toileting, bathing, feeding, and grooming. The worker also provides companionship and conversation by stimulating, encouraging, and assisting the participant. Maximum Care, Inc. has operated for over 40 years. The company describes a culture that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity and offers mobile application and training processes, flexible schedules, and face-to-face meetings via Zoom. The posting lists both part-time and full-time opportunities and states 35.5 hours.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be able to complete a criminal background report.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at a time.
Ability to reach, bend, kneel, and stand for sometimes long periods.

Responsibilities

Provide physical and emotional care to participants due to illness, injury, disability, or other needs.
Care for participants and their property with dignity, patience, compassion, and respect.
Provide light housekeeping, run errands, and provide transportation if needed.
Accompany clients to appointments and assist with or remind them about medications.
Prepare meals, purchase food, and provide personal assistance with general living needs.
Assist with personal services such as toileting, bathing, feeding, and grooming.
Provide companionship and conversation by stimulating, encouraging, and assisting participants.