Direct Support Specialist in Madison, Wisconsin at Community Living Alliance
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Job Description
What to Expect?
As a Direct Support Specialist (Company Title: Home Care Specialist), you play a crucial role in ensuring that clients’ needs are continuing to be met. You will have a set schedule, during which you will be traveling to clients with critical cares needs whose caregiver may have called in or may not have set caregivers. Due to the different scenarios, clients, and care plans, a person in this role needs to be experienced and comfortable in providing cares. If you are someone that enjoys change, different days, and learning new challenges, this is the role for you! This position can see between 3-5 clients per shift and must be able and willing to drive from client-to-client throughout Dane County.
While each person is unique and has different care needs, below is a sample of duties you may provide while caring for an individual at Community Living Alliance:
- Personal Cares - Toileting, Bathing, Showering, Grooming, Incontinent Care, Bowel Programs, feeding, g-tubes, etc.
- Transferring Clients, Range of Motion/Mobility Exercises
- Assistance with household chores and meal preparation
- Completed required documentation of records of care
This role is a PART-TIME ONLY position with the possibility of up to 30 hours per week. There are no mandated hours or overtime in this role. Home Care Specialists get every other weekend off.
** Hours are based on client availability, comfortability, and proficiency of skills from candidate to the clients provided. **
Benefits:
- Pay starts at $18.00/ hr + $1/ hr extra on weekends
- After 6 months of employment receive a pay increase to $18.25/hr and after 1 year receive an additional increase to $18.75/hr!
- Mileage Reimbursement and Paid Travel Time from client to client
- Flexible Schedule
- Retirement Account
- Pet Insurance and AAA Discounts
Minimum Qualifications & Experience Requirements:
- Authorized to work in the United States
- 18+ years of age
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and current auto insurance to serve clients throughout Dane County
- Own a Smart Phone for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
- Work around environmental hazards such as odors, second-hand smoke, animals, cleaning supplies, adverse living conditions, etc. Required
- Available to work every-other-weekend and holidays
- Capable of lifting/moving/pushing/pulling 35 pounds
- 1 Year of experience delivering personal cares
- In-home experience, preferred
Why Community Living Alliance?
- Community Living Alliance (CLA) is a nonprofit, community-based organization providing services for older adults and persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
CLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. CLA proudly celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusivity!