What are the responsibilities and job description for the Caregiver Support Specialist position at Prairie Community Services, Inc.?
About the Role
As a Caregiver Support Specialist, you will play a vital role in providing training and assistance to individuals with daily personal cares, medication administration, community activities, money management, meal preparation, laundry assistance, and leisure activities. Your responsibilities will include:
At Prairie Community Services, we value respect for life, self, colleagues, and others. We work with individuals living in our residential sites and community-based services programs to help identify their challenges and disabilities, and to assist, encourage, teach, and utilize their capabilities and skills to the limits of their potential hopes and dreams.
As a Caregiver Support Specialist, you will play a vital role in providing training and assistance to individuals with daily personal cares, medication administration, community activities, money management, meal preparation, laundry assistance, and leisure activities. Your responsibilities will include:
- Monitoring and assisting individuals with personal cares.
- Instructing and assisting individuals in food preparation, clean-up, and sanitary practices.
- Encouraging grooming and dressing according to individual preferences, cultural considerations, and social norms.
- Administering medications and treatments once trained.
- Communicating concerns, suggestions, and potential problems to supervisors in an accurate, prompt, and respectful manner.
- Charting daily program information.
- Completing cleaning tasks and assisting individuals served in their cleaning duties.
- You must be at least 17 years old or as dictated by licensure.
- You must pass DHS background clearance.
- You must have a valid driver's license.
- You must be able to read, write, communicate, and understand the English language while conducting company business.
- We offer an employer contribution towards group medical plan single premiums.
- We provide a 401(a) Retirement Savings Plan with a 5% employer annual contribution.
- You can accrue up to 4 weeks of paid time off (PTO) in your first year.
- We offer holiday pay.
- We provide employer-paid life insurance.
- Voluntary plan options are available, including accident, critical illness, dental, additional life/AD&D, vision, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- We offer an employee assistance program (EAP).
- We provide paid training.
- We offer flexible work schedules.
At Prairie Community Services, we value respect for life, self, colleagues, and others. We work with individuals living in our residential sites and community-based services programs to help identify their challenges and disabilities, and to assist, encourage, teach, and utilize their capabilities and skills to the limits of their potential hopes and dreams.
