Community Support Specialist for Elgin Ia

Right at Home Cedar Falls

Community Support Specialist for Elgin Ia

Elgin, IA
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Competitive salary

    Flexible schedule

    Health insurance

    Training & development

    Right at Home is seeking dependable, compassionate Community Support Specialist to provide companionship and homemaking services to a client in Elgin, IA. Homemaker could include but not limited to light housekeeping, laundry assistance, transportation, meal preparation. Companionship would consist in engaging in activities in the home as well as activities in the Community. Experience with brain injury, spinal cord injury and or dementia would be beneficial but not required as we provide training and a mentoring program to help you be successful.

    Compensation and Benefits for a Part time Community Support Specialist:

    Competitive Pay- $17-18 hour depending on the type of client and work setting.

    Flexible schedules (shifts can be arranged to fit your schedule)

    Unlimited telehealth visits with Teladoc

    Health insurance offered after 60 days with a 30-hr work week minimum

    Referral Program

    Savings/Retirement plan

    Next-Day Pay with Tapcheck

    Lyft Emergency Transportation Service

    Ongoing paid training and development

    A library of senior care reference materials and resources in the office and online.

    On-the-job training for unique client situations.

    Give back to those who need you most (our clients need you now more than ever before!).

    Paid travel time in between clients and paid mileage.

    Extremely positive work environment.

    Access to leadership.

    Recognition, celebrations, and great team interactions!

    What you would do as a Community Support Specialist:

    · Adheres to agency policies and procedures.

    · Performs work under the supervision of the Staffing Coordinator/Operations Manager.

    · Performs homemaking activities which may include but are not limited to vacuuming, dusting, sweeping or mopping floors, doing dishes, changing bed linens, laundry, and cleaning bathrooms.

    · Prepares meals and snacks for client according to client/family and supervisor’s instructions.

    · May perform grocery shopping and/or take doctor’s appointments.

    · Provides companionship for the client including accompanying client on walks, trips to social/recreational activities, accompany client in community settings and assist in social interactions, assistance with hobbies, etc. DO NOT SIT AROUND AND IGNORE CLIENT

    · The homemaker is responsible for written documentation of the service provided.

    Requirements of a Part time Community Support Specialist for Elgin:

    Valid Driver’s License

    Must have your own vehicle with proof of adequate car insurance and the ability to travel within our service area, which is a 45-minute radius of Elgin.

    Be able to safely operate a vehicle in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations with or without reasonable accommodations.

    Pass Background Check

    Ability to be reliable and dependable.

    Desire to care for adults, keeping them safe and independent in their homes

    Read, write, speak, and understand English with or without reasonable accommodations as needed for the job.

    Must have a current and valid driver’s license and be able to safely operate a vehicle in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations with or without reasonable accommodations.

    IND123

    This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to Right at Home Franchising Corporate.