Personal Care Worker

Personal Care Worker

Location:

Ashby Ponds by Erickson Senior Living

The Person al Care Worker is an active member of the clinical team who is committed to providing residents with assistance and care in all aspects of their daily life, and to the overall functioning of the neighborhood.

The Care Associate provides care to the residents of the neighborhood to meet their daily needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level to include:

• Provides physical assistance with activities of daily living.
• Promotes psychosocial well-being through meaningful relationships.
• Plans and facilitates social activities for the neighborhood residents.
• Assists with menu/snack selection and partners with the Service Associate in serving to ensure adequate nutritional intake of all residents. Provides in-room dining experiences where requested.
• Assures the resident's room and neighborhood are kept tidy to minimize environmental hazards which may impact environmental safety.

Compensation: ranges from $18/hour - $20.75/hour, plus applicable shift differentials.

The Continuing Care team is committed to serving residents in all aspects of their daily lives and assisting with the day to day functioning of the neighborhood. Members of the Continuing Care team will develop relationships with the residents and their families using a consistent caregiver approach; supporting the residents' physical, spiritual, emotional and clinical needs and focusing on placing the residents first.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Strives to exceed resident expectations with heart-felt care and concern, demonstrating the Erickson Senior Living Mission and Values at all times.
• Learns and honors resident preferences.
• Responds in a timely fashion to all resident requests or concerns with the intent on a resolution that meets the needs of the individual while always displaying courtesy and respect.
• Works cooperatively and collaboratively with other members of the neighborhood to ensure all resident's desires and needs are met, displaying a courteous, positive attitude and professional demeanor even during difficult situations.
• Effectively implements each person directed care plan, focusing on the resident's strengths while providing a sense of comfort, companionship and belonging.
• Maintains resident confidentiality.
• Escorts residents when assistance is needed to travel from one location to another.
• Observes residents closely, identifies changing needs and conditions at first indication, and reports observed changes immediately to supervisor.
• Respects the resident's room as home and assist the resident in feeling in charge of everything that happens within their daily activities and personal space.
• Notifies a responsible coordinator, manager or supervisor of a situation not in their ability to handle.

Programming:

Spontaneous activities occur throughout a resident's day and are driven by the resident's individual habits, preferences, desires and interests. Staff will continue to support those resident driven activities through their workday such as:

• Regularly visits residents who are in their rooms or common areas to assess needs, desires and offer assistance engaging them in the daily activities within the neighborhood.
• Supports and encourages residents to participate in self-care, and then provide assistance as needed.
• Works with other team members (residents and/or staff) to engage the resident is activities of daily living and maintaining the functioning of the neighborhood (i.e., laundry, cooking, meal planning/preparation/serving/cleanup, etc.).
• Provides assistance with resident activities. Continually seeks opportunities to meet resident's psychosocial needs through planned care, neighborhood specific programming as well as spontaneous resident directed activities.
• Provides opportunities for all residents to participate in the decision-making of the neighborhood in meaningful ways.
• Assist group and individual activities (structured and impromptu) in activity spaces, common areas and in the resident's room to support resident desires.
• Maintains equipment, games and supplies for use in supporting resident and neighborhood activity choices.

Neighborhood duties:

• Shares resident preferences with other staff using appropriate communication methods and reports on their assigned resident's condition at the end of each shift.
• Demonstrates a time-conscious awareness, keeping non-essential interruptions to a minimum in order to…