Personal Care Assistant

1 week ago

Corbin, Kentucky, United States Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc. Full time
Job Summary

Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Personal Care Assistant to join our team. As a Personal Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in providing support and care to individuals with mental illness, enabling them to live independently and promote integration into their community.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide therapeutic training to promote independence and facilitate individual goals and objectives.
  • Assist and support individuals with their personal care needs, including sanitation, household chores, laundry, meal preparation, and planning.
  • Interact and involve individuals in routine household care and maintenance, promoting safety awareness and reporting any necessary repairs.
  • Provide financial assistance and money skills training, as well as opportunities for fun activities and leisure choices.
  • Assist with shopping needs and wants, and connect individuals with family and friends to build relationships.
  • Provide behavioral support, be familiar with behavior intervention plans, and record data.
  • Monitor individuals' health and provide opportunities for exercise and good health practices.
  • Advocate for individuals' rights and needed services, and limit or discourage visitation of staff family and friends.
  • Respect individuals' autonomy and initiate bonding processes, being honest, patient, and understanding.
  • Know individuals' needs and preferences, use positive language, and be cautious with comments.
  • Recognize incidents and document correctly, and prevent or report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
  • Accurately administer medication, provide information, and report medication errors.
  • Schedule, transport, and arrange transportation for individuals, including doctor's appointments and leisure activities.
  • Complete paperwork and documentation accurately and timely, writing staff notes and submitting service registers or pink tickets for billing.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills, initiative, and confidentiality, being dependable and punctual.
  • Ensure a positive appearance and practice good communication with all staff involved with individuals.
  • Use the phone professionally and respect all coworkers and individuals, understanding and carrying out instructions.
  • Be a team player and form a team with coworkers, compromising when necessary.
Requirements
  • Oral and written communication skills.
  • Interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of computers.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy, and compassion when problem-solving, handling conflict, or in crisis situations.
  • Ability to complete record-keeping in a timely fashion.
  • Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
  • Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds, and needs.
  • Ability to work as part of a comprehensive community mental health team and positively represent the agency in the community.
Physical Demands
  • Physically able to reach, push, pull, stoop, stand, walk, and lift up to 20 pounds.
  • Possess a valid driver's license, maintain a safe driving record, and maintain the required minimum vehicle insurance amount for the State of Kentucky, if required for job performance.
  • TB skin test assessment within 7 days of hire.
  • Comply with agency policies and procedures.
  • Complete training requirements within time frames.
Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations must be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, may be off-site from normal office location or placed at a Residential Program.

The noise level in the work environment is mild to moderate.

Environmental Data and Job Hazards
  • Hours of work are structured 7.5 or 8.0 hour blocks of time but may be subject to irregular and/or flexible hours based on needs or demands.
  • Position may require duties to include routine or reasonable anticipated tasks or procedures where there is a degree of actual or potential exposure to blood or other infectious materials.
  • All staff are required to participate in yearly trainings regarding infection control and safety in the environment, including hazardous waste and blood-borne pathogens.
  • All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence, or other escalating and potential dangerous situations, including when police need to be summoned.

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