Care Associate/PSS - Memory Care
@ Senior LifestyleCare Associate/PSS - Memory Care
About the job
Senior Lifestyle specializes in senior care with a focus on memory care. This role involves supporting residents with daily living activities, engaging in activities, and ensuring a high level of care and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Experience with seniors or dementia preferred
- Basic computer skills
- Proficiency in English
- Able to make independent decisions
- Kind, engaging personality
Qualifications
- CNA or CHHA license may be required
- Ability to handle practical problems
- Positive attitude toward residents and staff
- Good communication skills
Full job description
Do you have HEART? We are looking for individuals who can embrace our mission to purposely brighten and enrich the lives of those we serve with HEART; Hospitality, Excellence, Appreciation, Respect & Teamwork. In this role you will be responsible for providing assistance to residents in the Memory Care Program with their activities of daily living, enabling them to lead a quality life while maintaining their dignity.
- All shifts available (6:30am-3pm, 2:30pm-11pm, 10:30pm-7am)
- Provide kind, caring, and consistent companionship and support to residents.
- Provide assistance, encouragement, and restorative interventions, as needed, for Memory Care residents to be as independent as possible in their activities of daily living including but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and mobility.
- Participate in and lead one on one and group activities.
- Serve residents during mealtime, assist with memory care laundry, and basic housekeeping within the memory care neighborhood.
- Ensure that resident/family/employee concerns receive timely response and follow up, thus striving to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.
- Maintain a positive and professional demeanor toward all residents, visitors and co-workers.
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- Experience working with seniors with dementia including participation in activities is preferred.
- Acceptable proficiency in English to perform job duties, communicate with supervisor and other employees, and respond and communicate to emergency situations.
- You may need to have a CNA or CHHA license depending on the state.
- You have basic computer skills. Proficiency with Outlook, Excel and Word is required.
- You are compassionate, kind, engaging and helpful.
- You possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- You have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- You can maintain a positive and friendly demeanor toward the residents and your co-workers.
Senior Lifestyle offers a comprehensive benefits plan to eligible team members including health, dental, vision, retirement benefits, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid time off. All Senior Lifestyle positions are eligible to use DailyPay, an application that allows you to access your earned but unpaid wages before your next payday.