Compassionate In-Home Caregiver/CNA- Make a Difference Daily

Cooperative Care • Montello, WI

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Cooperative Care is hiring compassionate, reliable, and patient caregivers to provide individualized supportive home care to clients in their own homes across several Central Wisconsin counties. Services are tailored to each client’s Care Plan and may include companionship, personal care, daily living assistance, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and other requested activities. Clients include children, older adults, and people with mental or physical disabilities.

The role offers full-time and part-time opportunities, including overnight and weekend hours. Schedules are built around employee availability, with paid travel time between client homes, mileage reimbursement for client errands, paid training, and access to office support. Employees may become eligible for cooperative membership after a 90-day probationary period. Member-Owners have voting and participation rights and may qualify for Aflac insurance and patronage refunds/profit sharing.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma or equivalency diploma.
• Have a valid Wisconsin driver's license.
• Have or obtain auto insurance with bodily injury liability of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence, and property damage liability of $100,000 per occurrence.
• Have a reliable vehicle.
• Pass a criminal and caregiver background check.
• Maintain professional boundaries.
• Be willing to assist clients with personal care.
• Demonstrate kindness and compassion toward clients and treat people and their property with respect and dignity.
• Pass a pre-employment physical.
• Be able to lift 50 pounds and perform physical activities including twisting, bending, squatting, reaching, pushing, pulling from high and low positions, raising arms above shoulder level, walking, sitting, and climbing stairs; tasks may be repetitive.
• Take and pass a TB test within 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, including bathing or showering, hair care, skin, nail and oral care, shaving, dressing and undressing, toileting, medication reminders, and assistance with TEDs, splints, braces, and ear, eye, or limb prostheses.
• Prepare meals and cook for clients.
• Perform light household tasks such as washing dishes, wiping counters and tables, cleaning sinks, sweeping and mopping, cleaning appliances and bathrooms, dusting, making beds, vacuuming, changing linens, emptying trash, and doing laundry.
• Shop for clients and run errands.
• Feed pets and clean up after them.
• Assist clients with ambulation, transfers, range-of-motion activities, and other exercises.
• Provide companionship and engage clients in activities, such as games, reading, conversation, writing letters, organizing photos, and other requested activities.
• Follow each client's individualized Care Plan and tailor services to the client's needs.
• Travel between client homes and be willing to travel at least 30 miles from home.

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for client errand miles at $0.30 per mile.
• Paid travel time between client homes at the regular wage.
• Starting wage of $16.50–$17.00 per hour, based on experience and certifications or training.
• $2.00 per hour shift differential for overnight and weekend hours.
• Paid time off accrual.
• Nine paid holidays at time and a half when scheduled to work.
• Overtime pay at time and a half for hours worked over 40 in a week.
• Paid initial and ongoing training, including job shadowing.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Dental and vision insurance available to all employees after the initial 90-day probationary period.
• Health insurance through United Healthcare for full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week, available after the initial 90-day probationary period; the Cooperative pays a large portion of single and family plan premiums.
• Aflac life, disability, cancer, and accident insurance for Member-Owners.
• Patronage refund/profit sharing for Member-Owners in high-profit years.
• Flexible scheduling based on employee availability.
• Support from an approachable office team and 24/7 after-hours emergency access.
• 24/7 online access to schedules and client information through an app.
• Opportunity to become a cooperative Member-Owner, with voting rights and eligibility to serve on the Board of Directors, committees, and work groups.
• Pre-employment physical and TB test paid for by the Cooperative.

What This Job Offers

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