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Personal Care Assistant/caregiver Job Description

Stay in Home Care, Inc.

Personal Care Assistant/Caregiver

Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Personal Care Assistant (PCA)/Caregiver

REPORTS TO: Administrator or Nurse Supervisor

WAGE: Competitive wage

MISSION:

To provide personal care assistance services that assists a client

to live safely and comfortably in their own home.

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS:

I. Assist clients with activities listed on client’s care sheet, including but not limited to:

• Personal care activities, including but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming,

bowel and bladder care.

• Transfer

Housekeeping activities, including but not limited to: sweeping, mopping, dusting, and

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general areas.

• Laundry activities, including but not limited to: washing, drying, folding, and putting

away laundry, changing linen, mending and ironing clothes.

• Meals, including but not limited to: cooking, feeding, storing meals and washing

dishes.

• Shopping activities, including but not limited to: grocery shopping and personal

shopping.

• Transportation, including but not limited to: transporting the client in client vehicle,

transporting the client in PCA’s vehicle and assisting them with public transportation.

• Recreation, including but not limited to: in-home and/or community activities.

II. Completing accurate paperwork and submit on a timely basis:

• Complete time/sheets accurate progress notes documenting tasks performed each

day of the pay period.

III. Participate in supervisory meeting and job related training:

• Participate in phone/office meetings as deemed necessary.

IV. Requirements and Qualifications:

The level of training and/or experience you need for this position is determined by the

consumer. If you are offered a position by Stay in Home Care, Inc., you will

be required to:

• Be at least 18 years of age

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.

• Relevant experience and/or personal knowledge of disabilities preferred.

• Familiarity with various types of disabilities preferred.

• Must be committed to the belief that persons with disabilities have the ability to

Personal Care Assistant/caregiver Job Description