Home Care Aide​/Caregiver - Tacoma​/Spanaway​/Puyallup; PT

To provide compassionate caring services to clients with developmental disabilities and/or senior care.

• Responsible for caring for a child/adult with special needs who cannot perform certain daily living skills without assistance as a result of their disability or a senior requiring care and assistance or companionship (non‑medical services).
• Implement assigned client "Plan of Care".
• Assist with daily living skills, which may include:
  • Feeding and assistance with eating: supervising or guiding the client when able to feed self, assisting with cutting food or buttering bread, and orally feeding the client when unable to feed self.
  • Dressing or assisting the client with dressing when needed.
  • Personal hygiene or body care: assisting the client to wash, bathing includes supervising or guiding the client to bathe, helping the client get in or out of the tub or shower if needed, or completely bathing the client if they are unable.
  • Toileting: helping the client to and from the bathroom, assisting with bedpan routines, using incontinent briefs, cleaning the client after elimination, or assisting them on and off the toilet.
  • Transferring a client: assistance getting in and out of a bed/wheelchair or ambulation, which may involve guiding the client when walking alone or helping with a mechanical device such as a walker or wheelchair.
  • Positioning: assisting the client to assume the desired position.
  • Assist the family with housekeeping.
  • Assist the family with shopping.
  • Assist the family with meal planning and preparation.
  • Provide transportation.
• Responsible for protective supervision: being available to provide safety, guidance, and protection to the client who cannot be left alone due to impaired judgment.
• When performing Community First Choice (CFC) work, these tasks are within the bounds of the client’s current living situation unless otherwise stated in the Client Plan of Care.
• When providing Respite Care, care may be performed within the bounds of the client’s current living situation or at a predetermined, appropriate community location; unless otherwise determined by the guardian.

• Report accurate hours worked and duties performed on the agency’s approved timesheet at the time of service.
• Submit timesheets by the first of every month, legible and accurate.
• Clear understanding of SAILS Washington policy and procedures.

• Must be over 18 years of age.
• Ability to communicate in English (written and verbal).
• Must be able to work independently.
• Must be physically and mentally capable of caring for an individual who is ill, infirm, disabled or vulnerable. Must immediately notify the supervisor of any conditions, mental, physical or emotional limitations that would prevent the performance of duties such as lifting or transferring clients or handling combative behaviors.
• Understanding of professional boundaries.

• Must pass a Washington State background check.
• Maintain an active Washington driver license and auto insurance.
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. (documentation required).

• Complete and pass the background check screening upon hire and every two years thereafter, or as requested.
• Maintain an active Certified Home Care Aide (HCA) certification (training available) and Nurse Delegation and other required certifications.
• Complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education annually.

Location:

Spanaway, WA, Pierce County