Personal Care Assistant

RYZ Labs is hiring a Personal Care Assistant, who provides support services to assist clients with personal, physical mobility and therapeutic care needs, as established by a rehabilitation health practitioner, social worker, or other health care professional. The Personal Care Assistant may work in a variety of settings, including homes or schools.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Provides services to persons who need help with day-to-day activities - Demonstrates competence in performing the necessary skills and performing those skills on the plan of care - Provides health care tasks, personal hygiene services, and other related support services essential to the client's health - Assists with transfers and ambulation - Aids teacher in helping students learn and provides feedback to students and supervisors/teachers (if applicable) - Performs incidental household services that are an integral part of a personal care plan (if applicable) - In a school setting, accompanies the student on the bus to and from school (if applicable) - Provides companionship by reading, listening and talking with the client - May assist in the supervision of students during recess and lunch periods and accompany students on community experiences - Strictly adheres to confidentiality requirements - Assists client in the development of independent skills through self-care activities such as toileting, clothing routines and personal hygiene - Implements behavior management techniques in accordance with the directions given by the supervisor/healthcare practitioner, including reinforcing appropriate behaviors in accordance with plans and discouraging negative behavior, managing time out, or other techniques as directed - Appropriately reports changes in client status or as directed by the care plan - Maintains confidentiality of all information pertaining to clients, families and employees - Adheres to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy policies and procedures - Performs other duties as assigned/necessary
Minimum Requirements: - State licensure or certification as required by the state and/or program - One (1) year of relevant experience preferred - Current BLS Card - Current PPD or Chest X-Ray - Knowledge of child growth and development - Ability to coordinate and facilitate services between the home, school, local health agency, and other community resources - Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language may be required - Computer proficiency required - Must be at least 18 years of age
If you are interested in this opportunity, please take the following short initial interview to start our process:
About RYZ Labs: RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.
Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.
At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion, and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.
Our values and what to expect: - Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer. - Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated. - Ownership -  step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility. Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone who interacts with RYZ with respect. - Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less. - Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way.  - Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, and our expectations. The status quo is not good enough and never should be.

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