Direct Care Worker - Will Train! No Experience Necessary!

Direct Care Worker - Will Train! No Experience Necessary!

Position Summary

Collaboratively with the Team Leaders, Nurses, and Service Coordinator, works to help ensure members are able to successfully complete routine activities of daily living while promoting dignity and independence in the process. The DCW is a critical part of the ReCreacion team, working closely with our members providing person center services that are focused on bringing happiness to the lives of those we are privileged to serve.

Care Delivery

Delivers care by displaying a positive, can-do attitude that conveys enthusiasm, compassion, and understanding to the members lives by performing the following:

Assists or leads group discussions, sensory stimulation, exercise, or crafts and implementation of calendar events.
Provides members stand by or full assistance with participating in individual and group activities.
Participates in care plan meetings for members.
Writes progress notes and documentation on member activities.
Takes inventory of supplies and informs team lead when supplies need to be replenished or purchased.
Assists with helping to facilitate center outings and/or special events.
Observes, charts and reports to Center Nurse, Team leader, or Center Director conditions, reactions, and responses of members as related to assigned duties.
Assembles and disassembles equipment and accessories.


Health, Safety & Security

Assists with the health maintenance, care, and activities of daily living of members according to the care plan by performing the following:

Monitors the safety and security of members at all times.
Provides assistance to members in need of using the restroom and, as needed, with routine toileting care and when necessary changing articles of clothing, laundering as necessary.
Based on the individual needs of each member, provides bowel and bladder care, restorative feeding and therapy, ambulation, range of motion, personal living skills, transfers, and showering as needed and in accordance with training.
Obtain member’s blood pressure and weight.
Helps with the serving of food according to licensure and CACFP guidelines.
Assists members with getting in and out of vans or private cars; transferring members from wheelchair to chair.
Works in a team-oriented manner to ensure the Center is disinfected in accordance to the Center’s Policies and Procedures to include ensuring all activity areas, kitchen, bathrooms, and shower areas are kept neat and clean, including mopping floors and wiping down surfaces after the space has been utilized.


Continuous Improvement & Quality

Ensures compliance with all FSL policies, procedures, and practices regarding the Adult Day Health Services program, and other contract and licensure requirements; and applies knowledge to the work in accordance with quality standards.
Attends and actively participates in initial and on-going training and development programs and opportunities, weekly unit meetings all staff meetings, and demonstrates learned concepts on the job
Participates in assigned work teams, as requested and appropriate
Engages in continuous improvement efforts, as assigned, and strives to continuously improve the quality of care and self
Communicates daily and as necessary with colleagues, nurses, supervisor, and leadership.