Care Professionals - Home Instead : Job Details

Our community needs your help! We have clients throughout Mesa, Delta and Montrose counties!Home Instead is hiring part time Care Professionals (aka caregivers) to perform the essential work of keeping aging adults safe and comfortable at home. Home Instead provides a variety of non-medical services that allow aging adults to remain in their home and meet the challenges of aging with dignity, care and compassion.Pay and Benefits:

• $17.00 - 18.50 per hour, depending on experience
• Sick Pay
• 401(k) retirement program
• Referral Bonuses
• Exclusive access to online training available only to Home Instead employees

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Companionship and conversation
• Light housekeeping tasks and meal preparation
• Medication and appointment reminders
• Assistance with grooming and bathing
• Assistance with toileting and incontinence issues
• Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia Care

Prior to working for our clients, all Home Instead caregivers—we call ours Care Professionals, or Care Pros for short—will go through specific training designed by Home Instead and will receive an in-house certification in Personal Care tasks. These tasks include demonstrating ability to assist our clients with grooming, bathing, continence care, and mobility. After training, our Care Pros will feel confident going into the client's home and helping to support their emotional, physical and mental wellbeing.Requirements to be a Home Instead Care Pro are:

• Ability to treat and care for aging adults and their property with dignity and respect
• Ability to communicate with clients in a friendly and compassionate manner
• Demonstrated reliability and trustworthiness
• Possess a valid driver's license and valid auto insurance
• Have at least 6 months of experience (personal and/or professional)
• Be able to pass a background and driving record check

We have a variety of shifts available. And because we care for our Care Pros as much as we care for our clients, we provide 24/7 support.