Reports To: Information and Program Supervisor
Summary: Provides personal care, homemaker and household chore services for the Elder Care at Home Program.
Essential Functions:
- Assists consumers in performing activities of daily living such as bathing, eating, dressing, ambulating or grooming.
- Prepares meals, washes laundry, shops for groceries, and performs light housework such as cleaning, dusting and vacuuming. Escorts clients to and from medical appointments.
- Performs heavy housework such as washing windows or cleaning appliances, yard work and sidewalk maintenance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Completion of Home Health Aide and Housekeeping training required with at least one year of related work experience.
- Must have an interest in working with older adults and disabled adults.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Bilingual in English and Chinese.
- Familiar with different patient transferring techniques. Must pass a strength test for physical fitness for the job: able to lift up to 40lbs from floor to waist level.
- First aid and CPR certificates preferred.
- Must be able to travel via public transportation or personal vehicle for the performance of job duties. If driving must have and maintain a valid CA driver license, satisfactory driving record, and auto insurance coverage as specified in Self-Help’s policy.
Self-Help for the Elderly is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmation Action Employer and we welcome diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law. We participate in E-Verify.
Qualified applicants with criminal history will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
We may provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please call (415) 677-7600 for special assistance.
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