description
- – Personal Care Attendants provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities,
who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability and/or other
inflictions.
- Personal Care may include assistance with the activities of daily living, housecleaning, laundry,
meal preparation, transportation, companionship, and respite
- Personal Care Attendants are responsible for ensuring that service is delivered in a caring and
respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.
reporting relationship
- Reports to Home Care Supervisor.
Responsibilities and Activities
| Bathing |
Shaving |
Ambulation |
| Mouthcare |
Dressing |
Exercise |
| Haircare |
Feeding |
Toileting |
| Nailcare |
Positioning |
Medication Reminding |
| Skincare |
Transferring |
|
Responsibilities and Activities
- Ensure client’s safety and security by supervising the home environment.
- Teach/perform meal planning and preparation, routine housekeeping activities such as
making/changing beds, dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, cleaning kitchen and bathroom, and
laundry.
- Provide companionship including social interactions, conversations, emotional reassurance, and
encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.
- Provides respite care for families in accordance with care plans.
- Perform/assist with essential shopping/errands, which may include handling the client’s money in
accordance with the care plan and under the observation of the Supervisor.
- Assist clients with following a written, special diet plan and reinforcement of diet maintenance,
which identified on the care plan.
- Escort clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping, and outings as specified in the care plan.
- Assist clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence for them or researching
information for them.
- Participate on the Care Team by providing input and making suggestions.
- Ensure service is delivered in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
- Monitor supplies and resources.
- Evaluate the program and make recommendations to it, as indicated.
- Follow the written care plan.
- Carry out duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
- Observe clients and their environments and reports unsafe conditions to Supervisor.
- Observe clients and their environments and reports behavior, physical and/or cognitive changes
and/or changes in living arrangements to Supervisor. Complete and maintain records of daily
activities, observations, and direct hours of service.
- Attend orientation, in-service training sessions and staff meetings.
- Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
- Make decisions and solve problems.
- Communicate with Supervisor and co-workers.
- Observe, receive, and obtain information from relevant sources.
- Performs other duties as required.
required skills/abilities
- The ability to competently assist clients with their activities of daily living. The ability to be aware
of other people’s reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- The ability to establish and maintain relationships.
- The ability to teach others.
- The ability to listen actively.
- The ability to identify problems and determine effective solutions.
- The ability to apply reason and logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions.
- The ability to monitor and assess themselves, clients, and effectiveness of service.
- The ability to understand written and oral instructions.
- The ability to communicate information orally so others understand.
- The ability to communicate in writing so others understand.
- The ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
- The ability to determine or recognize when something is likely to go wrong.
- The ability to suggest a number of ideas on a subject.
- The ability to perform activities that use the whole body.
- The ability to handle and move objects and people.
- The ability to provide advice and consultation to others.
- The ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.
- The ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with clients/families/co- workers.
physical and mental demands
- Good physical and mental health.
- Physical ability to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear and
see.
- Mental fortitude and stability to handle stress.
- Physical and mental ability to drive a vehicle.
qualification and education
- Current driver’s license or access to public transportation.
- Proper Vehicle Insurance Coverage.
training/experience
- May require related experience.
- On the job training for new activities.
