REPORTS TO: Staffing Coordinator/ Home Care Supervisor 

 JOB SUMMARY: 

The Direct Care Worker provides companionship and assistance to a consumer in the home or in an institutional setting. The Direct Care Worker must be sympathetic toward consumers and be able to carry out instructions.

A Direct Care Worker may not perform any duties or procedures that require any nursing knowledge, training or experience. A Direct Care Worker does not perform personal health care services. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides companionship to the consumer by talking, reading, and listening and in other appropriate ways. 
• Preparing light meals.
• Assure consumer belongings are safeguarded and treated with respect.
• Maintain a safe environment for consumer.
• Record tasks performed according to Emerald Home Care’s policy.
• Perform light housekeeping. (See task list below)
• Perform errands, may accompany client in uber, transport, or taxi. DCW may perform errand without client in vehicle. 
• DCW may not operate any vehicle to transport the client while on duty with Emerald Home Care. 
• Informs the Home Care Coordinator or Home Care Supervisor of any changes in the consumer’s condition.
• Keeps a daily activity record in HHA Exchange using EVV.
• Performs duties according to the SAF (Service Authorization Form) or Plan of Care.
• Reports to Home Care Coordinator or Home Care supervisor any falls, injuries, suspected infections, abuse, or any unusual activities or behaviors the same day as observed. 

Tasks List:

• Help prepare meals.
• Do laundry when laundry facilities are in the home.
• Wash dishes.
• Wipe kitchen counter tops and stove tops.
• Dust or polish with light spray type waxes. (such as Pledge)
• Clean bathroom countertop and was basin with foam type bathroom cleanser.
• Medication reminders for client self-administration. 

Direct Care Workers DO NOT perform the following tasks:

• Cleaning of defrosting inside of refrigerator.
• Cleaning stove oven or burners.
• Cleaning, scrubbing, or waxing kitchen floors.
• Cleaning or scrubbing tubs or showers.
• Cleaning or scrubbing bathroom floors.
• Cleaning windows or sliding glass doors. 
• Any activity involving the use of a ladder. 
• May not dispense or administer any medications.
• May not transport client in any vehicle.

• Direct Care Worker’s will respect consumers rights and ensure confidentiality.
• Lifting unspecified weights, depending on assignment requirements. 
• Bending, scooping, stooping to prepare equipment, materials, or objects for treating clients or managing client care of the client environment. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Highschool diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read and write.
• Satisfactory work record with experience as a Direct Support Personnel or similar experience required. 
• Verifiable references required. 

Working experience in a high-pressure environment, including experience in adapting to changing priorities. Candidates must also have computer/ keyboard skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office software. 

At Emerald Home Health we offer the following benefits for Full-Time Employees:

•Medical Benefits

•Accident Plan

•Cancer Protection

•Short Term Disability  

•Term Insurance 

•Whole Insurance

•Employee Referral Bonus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Emerald Home Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

It is the policy of Emerald Home Health to comply with all federal and state laws concerning the employment of persons with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Emerald Home Health will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals so that they can perform essential job functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the work place and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship on Emerald Home Health