Direct Care Staff/Caregiver

Direct Care Staff-Caregiver

Job Overview:

Changing Options, a 24-hour residential treatment facility in Ramona serving adults with severe mental illness, such as Schizophrenia, is looking to hire a Full Time Direct Care Staff for the overnight/weekend shifts; flexibility for other shifts may be required.

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Provide transportation as required.

. Manage medications i.e. recording, reviewing for accuracy, packing for passes, returning, and ensuring the medications are administered as ordered.

· Awareness or willing to learn Community Care Licensing regulations and/or know how to access the regulations that apply to operations and safety.

· Implement Changing Options procedures and practices.

· Follow through on directives and interventions from clinical and management teams.

. Counsel clients in a manner that promotes growth and minimizes crisis.

· Be involved and present on the facility floor, provide supervision of clients to uphold structure and rules, and conduct hourly rounds in conjunction with teammates.

· To respond to crisis in a professional manner that promotes safety for the residents and staff, and to manage personal reactions in a professional manner.

· To assist clients with ADL’s, laundry and room cleaning by providing guidance and education.

· Lifting, whether it be a client that has fallen or to protect a client, or as duties dictate such as carrying the dishwasher trays, moving client’s belongings etc.., is also an essential duty.

· Any other unforeseen responsibilities that may arise as a result of providing safe and therapeutic care to the Clients.

Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years old or older
• Valid CA Driver's License and at minimum 3 years driving record to be able to qualify for insurance
• Pass pre-employment drug testing
• Criminal record clearance by being fingerprinted prior to reporting to work and signing a statement regarding criminal convictions
• Pass a physical exam and TB test
• Visual and auditory ability to observe critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency
• Current or will need to obtain CPR/AED and First Aid, both Adult and Infant/Child, certification required and must be from one of the following certifying organizations: American Red Cross, American Heart Association or American Safety & Health Institute
• Must be able to lift to up to 25 pounds
• Ability to stand, walking, climbing, pushing, pulling, lifting, sitting.

Related keywords: direct support professional, caregiver, direct care worker

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift
• Night shift

Work Days:

• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19 - $20