- Provide friendly companionship to alleviate feelings of loneliness or isolation, while promoting independence.
- Offer empathetic emotional support and engage in activities that promote mental and emotional wellbeing.
- Assist with daily living tasks and transportation to appointments, social events, and errands.
- Provide gentle medication reminders to ensure seniors adhere to their prescribed schedules
- Pass a background check and reference checks.
- Be an older adult with 45+ years of life experience.
- Hold a valid driver's license and have a reliable insured motor vehicle.
- Have 68 hours of weekly availability
- Possess a personal cell phone and private email account.
- Be fluent in conversational English.
- Live centrally in our Greater Boston/Metrowest service area.
- Genuine enthusiasm for assisting seniors.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Empathy and understanding of elderly individuals' needs.
- Ability to maintain a positive and patient demeanor.
- Dependability and commitment to confidentiality.
- Competitive compensation ($19/hr).
- Paid training for newly hired employees.
- Earned sick time.
- Employee rewards program.
- Continuing education opportunities and social events.
- Join a friendly group of peers and be part of one of the top workplaces in Massachusetts.
Non-Medical Care Companion- Retirees Apply - Cambridge, United States - Seniors Helping Seniors of Greater Boston and Metrowest
Description
Are you passionate about giving back to the senior community?
Become a Non-Medical Care Companion with our team and add purpose to your retirement by fostering lasting connections with those we support.
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About Us:
Seniors Helping Seniors of Greater Boston & Metrowest is a unique home care agency that provides personalized care for seniors by seniors.
Focusing specifically on the importance of social-emotional care and companionship, our agency carefully matches personal helpers/companions with elderly clients in the community to help maximize social engagement, assisting with everything from light housework and shopping to daily companionship.
Today, Seniors Helping Seniors of Greater Boston and Metrowest is the leading provider of peer-to-peer companion care in Massachusetts, serving over 30 towns throughout the Greater Boston and Metrowest regions.
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.