Personal Care Aide, Home Care Aide

Caregiver Position Available

Westfield, MA - Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 9-12pm; Saturdays 2-6pm; 16hr/week, part-time, male or female caregiver wanted! May share client with another caregiver. Can also be combined with other clients to achieve your desired hours. A veteran in Westfield needs your help! Mr. T is new to the area and is in need of some help around the house during the day throughout the week. He would like some help with personal care and some light housekeeping tasks. The caregiver(s) can be either male or female. *client has cats in the home.

Responsibilities:

• Assist patients with daily activities such as moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles
• Care for patients by changing bed linens, doing laundry, cleaning the home, or assisting with personal care
• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor
• Build relationships with patients by conversing or reading aloud to help keep them mentally healthy and alert

Requirements:

• Vehicle
• Valid MA Driver's License
• 1+ years of experience in direct care
• HHA or CNA preferred but not required (if experienced)
• Willing to accept at least 1 e/o weekend shift
• Willing to submit to background checks
• Provide at least 2 professional references (not friends)
• Punctual, reliable, compassionate, patient, empathetic, and skilled
• Strong ability to read, write, understand, and speak English so as to:
• Read ADL's
• Communicate verbally with clients, families, co-workers, and Administrative Staff

Compensation: $16.50 - $17.00 per hour

Visiting Angels West Springfield is a leading in-home care agency in Western Massachusetts that offers homecare services to seniors, veterans, and disabled adults. Michele Anstett started the business in 1999 and operates as Owner, President, and Director for the West Springfield franchise.

Now, with over two decades of servicing the Hampden County region, Visiting Angels has helped over 4,000 seniors maintain a sense of independence, dignity and quality of life in their own home or assisted care setting. While Visiting Angels has grown since 1999, they continue to build lasting relationships by offering that same, family-like compassionate care and dependability since day one.

At Visiting Angels, our mission is to provide the highest quality care to those that you love, and we are so honored to serve. Our core competency is providing compassionate, personalized care consistently, while seeking opportunities to continually improve our services to exceed expectations. Our focus is you: your safety, health, happiness and well-being. We focus on caring for our customers, as they are at the heart of why we exist at all: letting our Angels care for you in an excellent manner is our passion!

Visiting Angels West Springfield provides in-home care, senior homecare, elderly care, personal care, transitional care, fall prevention care, companion care, respite care, palliative care, dementia care and Alzheimer's care. Services span from 1 hour visits to 24/7 care.

We are currently hiring caregivers! Basic job requirements include:

• Current US driver's license
• Car
• 1 year of caregiving experience
• Ability to pass a background check
• Strong ability to read, write, and speak English, including:
• Read ADLs and personal care instructions
• Communicate verbally with clients and families
• Write shift notes to update the family, office, and other caregivers
• Punctuality and reliability
• Compassionate and caring heart
• Patience and willingness to learn new skills

*Certifications are welcome (CNA, HHA, etc.) but not required. We do offer training and mentorship programs to new caregivers.

Request an application by filling out the form on our website.