Personal Care Assistant - Scranton, United States - Mecca Care LLC

Description

A Personal Care Attendant assists a person with a physical, sensory, mental, or cognitive disability with tasks that the person would perform for himself/herself if he/she did not have a disability.

This position is responsible for providing non-medical in-home care and general supervision of clients as well as home management services.

• Provide assistance with dressing, bathing, grooming( hair and mouth care/shaving) eating, toileting, and cognitive tasks such as facilitating communication (making telephone calls and assisting with letter writing).
• Assists the client with maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly home environment.
• Provides companionship to those individuals requiring socialization. This includes but not limited to talking and listening to the client, reading aloud, and providing social and emotional support.
• Promotes the client's mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
• Performs light housekeeping tasks such as laundering of client's garments and linens, meal preparation and washing dishes.
• Accompanies client on walks and trips to doctor's office, bank, beauty salons, shopping etc. Employees are not permitted to drive clients in their personal vehicles or vehicles belonging to the client or the client's family members. Accompaniment may be done by walking, taking public transportation, taxi, medical transport service and or the use of a ride share service.
• Reminds client to take self-administered medications.
• Observes and reports any changes in the client's mental, physical, or emotional condition or home situation to the Office Administrator.
• Follows the Agency's policies regarding infectious disease control, incident reporting, daily notes, and timekeeping.
• Completes training as directed.