What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Attendant position at At Home Care Missouri?
*CDS Attendants Make $15 per hour!*
We offer our At Home Care family:
- The ability to care for YOUR own family and friends and get paid!
- Feel valued and genuinely appreciated for all your contribution
- Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
- Weekly and Direct Deposit
- Top pay wage scale
Job Purpose: The essential function of a Consumer Directed Service Attendant is to perform tasks that enable clients to remain in their own homes and out of long-term care facilities for as long as possible. Help patients complete daily activities that are difficult for them because of a physical or mental disability. Assist with intermittent household tasks necessary to maintain a safe and habitable home environment. The service is restricted to non-skilled tasks, and the need for services is determined in relationship to the client’s functioning capacity.
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 assisting with shower or tub bath
- Assist with oral care such as brushing teeth or denture care when the participant is unable.
- Assisting to and from the bed to a wheelchair, walker, or chair when a participant is weight-bearing.
- Helping 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.
Salary : $15
