Respite Care Program Assistant
About The Position
The Respite Program Assistant works at EOCP's Respite Care Program, located at Crossroads Emergency Housing. The program provides recuperative care and temporary shelter for homeless adult men and women being discharged from the Alameda Health System hospitals (e.g. Highland, Alameda, San Leandro, and Fairmont) who do not have a home and do not require further hospitalization or skilled medical care. The Respite Care Program Assistant is supervised by the Respite Care Program Manager and works collaboratively with a Health Coach, Case Manager, and 3.5 FTE's Health Assistants. This position ensures that all respite care clients achieve wellness, through coordination with onsite staff, the Alameda County Health System and community services. The Respite Program Assistant works 7:30 am to 4 pm, Sunday to Thursday.
Requirements
- Current CPR certification and First Aid from an approved program
- Possession of a Community Health Worker certificate or CNA level certification
- At least two years of verifiable work experience which must have been gained within the last five years working with a culturally diverse population performing a range of the following duties: assistance with client assessments, providing input into the development of client health plans, participation in a multidisciplinary team, providing supportive counseling to clients, ensuring coordination of services/resources, and participating in health promotion and education activities.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Proficiency in Word, Excel and data entry programs
- Ability to navigate the Internet
- Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills in performing duties effectively, efficiently and productively
- Experience and strong commitment to working with homeless people
- Sensitivity and experience working with a racially, ethnically, and sexually diverse client population
- Proactive work ethic and dedication to improving the lives of others
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in high pressure environment
- High degree of professional integrity
- TB clearance
- Drug free and sober
Responsibilities
- Assist with client intake process: helps process admission paperwork, orient clients to facility, explains program and procedures
- Ensures that clients are supported and monitored on an ongoing basis, checking-in with clients every 30 minutes. If patients are not onsite, the Program Assistant should review respite room log book to learn where they are
- Works with Health Coach and Respite Care Manager on client care plans, discussion of care plans at case conference
- Ensures all clients are following up with their case manager and are connected to onsite services: laundry, meals and resident meetings
- Ensure clients have access to their medication folders and organizes all folder sanitizers in locked medicine box when they are not needed
- Coordinates with Crossroads staff to obtain client resources and services, including coordination of nutritional regimens with Food Services staff
- Performs regular client observations and reports any changes appropriately
- Assists clients with activities of daily living (ADL) where necessary
- Assists with appointment scheduling for clients reminding them of upcoming appointments, signing up for early lunch and late dinner if needed
- Accompanies respite clients on smoke breaks
- Works effectively with partner organizations to facilitate clients access to resources
- Participates as member of multidisciplinary team providing services to homeless men discharged from the Alameda Health System Highland, Alameda, San Leandro, and Fairmont hospitals)
- Act as liaison between Respite and Housing Advocate staff
- Conversant with EOCP and Respite policies and procedures
- Assist with de-escalation, if situations arise
- Writes incident reports as needed and present them to supervisor
- Attends weekly case conference
- Attends daily shift change meetings
- Ensures that the Health Assistant taking over shift has the necessary information that is required for the shift
- Provides light maintenance of the respite care room as needed
- Performs other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
