Relative Companion Sitter

Relative Companion Sitter (CS) - Confidential

**Make a Difference on Your Own Schedule and Terms**

Hiring Companion/Sitters in WashingtonEntry level employee trained to provide homemaker services in the home. He/she functions under the direction, instruction and supervision of the Case Manager depending on state regulations.

**Qualifications**
- Completion of the ninth (9th) grade; prefer high school graduate
- Able to read and write consistent with job requirements
- Possession of the emotional and cognitive maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good working relationship with the client, client's family, and Agency personnel
- Neat, clean personal appearance
- Free from health problems that may be injurious to client, self and coworkers and presents the required documents to indicate such
- Must have annual TB skin tests and submit proof to Human Resources
- Possess reliable transportation
- Ability to demonstrate the appropriate companion/sitter knowledge and skills related to the following (passing score on skills validation test required):

- Appropriate work experience and/or experience with caregiving
- Methodology for assisting clients to achieve maximum self-reliance
- Principles of nutrition and meal preparation
- Principles of the aging process and emotional issues related to illness and long-term home care
- Procedures for maintaining a clean, healthful and pleasant environment
- Maintenance of ethics and confidentiality of client care
- Roles of healthcare team members and inter-relationships in care
- Providing information for supervisors and maintaining appropriate and required records in relation to plan of care, report and timesheet, reporting concerns/changes in client condition/home environment, supervisory visits and recertification
- Basic housekeeping tasks
- Interest and concern for people
- Good judgment and tact in dealing with people
- Proper hygiene and knowledge of basic safety and sanitation
- Standard Precautions and basic infection prevention and control practices
- Awareness that counseling is available if needed for difficult cases and potentially dangerous situations

**Essential Functions/Areas of Accountability**
- Follow the plan of care prepared by the supervisor with the client to provide the following:

- Assist in maintaining a healthful, safe environment
- Plan and prepare nutritious meals
- Provide positive emotional support while preforming tasks in the client's home.
- Perform routine housekeeping tasks as related to a safe and comfortable environment for the client as instructed in the plan of care; to include light housekeeping, meal preparation, dishwashing, bed making, laundry and shopping
- Establish a relationship with the client and the client's family which conveys trust and confidentiality
- Complete visit reports with time in and time out each day of client visit, document services provided, obtain client's signature each visit, and submit to the Agency per established guidelines
- Report any client concerns or condition changes to the Agency Supervisor or Agency Manager or designee (do not perform client assessment)
- Carry out assignments as instructed by the plan of care and report to the supervisor and/or designee if unable to do so
- Works in conjunction with personnel of other agencies involved in the client's care as directed by the Agency Supervisor or Agency Manager
- Always maintain confidentiality
- Perform only those functions specified in the plan of care for each individual client; never provide hands on or skilled care for the client
- Follow emergency procedures in the event of any incident
- accident, injury or significant change in the client's condition
- and report the incident to the Agency Supervisor, Agency Manager or Agency as soon as safely possible

Standard Rate: $17.50 - $20.00 Hourly

Professional Case Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.