What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consumer Directed Service Attendant (CDS) position at At Home Care Missouri?
We offer our At Home Care family:
- Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
- WEEKLY PAY and Direct Deposit
- Top pay wage scale- Get paid $15.00 per hour
- Home Health Aide education
- If you’re seeking a rewarding career in health care, At Home Care is the place for you! Our GREAT MANAGERS believe YOU matter and YOUR voice is heard!
Job Purpose: The basic function of a Consumer Directed Service (CDS) Attendant is to perform tasks that enable clients remain in their own homes and out of long-term care facilities for as long as possible. Help patients to complete activities of daily living that are difficult for them because of a physical or mental disability. Provide assistance with intermittent household task necessary to the maintenance of a safe and habitable home environment. The service is restricted to non-skilled tasks and the need for services is determined in relationships to the client’s functioning capacity.
*This role is suited for workers looking to be assigned under a specific client or patient of their choice*
Job Responsibilities:
- Planning, preparation and clean–up of meals
- Making beds and changing linens with the participants in or out of bed as required
- Brushing, combing, and shampooing hair
- Giving bed baths or assist with shower or tub bath
- Assist with oral care such as brushing teeth or denture care when participant is unable.
- Giving assistance to and from the bed to a wheelchair, walker or chair when a participant is weight bearing.
- Assisting the participants with ordinarily self-administered medications (open bottles, get water)
- Tidying and dusting the home.
- Cleaning kitchen counters, cupboards, and appliances, including oven, surface burners and fridge
- Laundering clothes and linens.
- Making beds and changing sheets.
- Sweeping and/or vacuuming and mopping floors.
- Bagging trash inside the home and putting it out for pick-up.
- Shopping for essential items (e.g., groceries, cleaning supplies, etc.).
Skills/Education: Home Care aide must be 18 years of age. A minimum of one year experience of direct patient care personally, Skilled Nursing facility or an In-Home Care Agency.
Salary : $15
