Careers
Full-Time Caregiver
Venice/South Sarasota County
Job Type
Full-TimeHourly $15.50 - $18.50
Summary
In a world where it often seems like kindness and compassion are lacking, we need people who care about others more than ever. If you're someone who:
• Has a soft spot in your heart for seniors
• Is naturally concerned about others' well-being
• Loves being of service
Then we need you on our CarePro team!
For full-time employment, providing a wide range of services to seniors that allows them to remain in their homes.
Don't have in-home care training?
That's okay. Just bring your caring heart and we provide all the paid training you need. At our exclusive in-house training center, we provide paid training, teaching you the law, the skills, the safety, and everything you need to be successful on the job. We even pay for your background check.
Company Overview
Home Instead is a 25-year-old organization with more than 1,200 franchise locations around the globe, all sharing the same mission:
• Treating each other with dignity and respect
• Encouraging and supporting each other's growth
• Building value in our service to others
Home Instead of South Sarasota County has been serving the region for 11 years with nonmedical home care services for seniors, including in-home care, such as dementia care, personal care, light housekeeping, meal prep, outings, activities, and doctors' appointments.
Job Overview, Full-Time CarePro
As a full-time CarePro, you'll join the Home Instead team, working with aging clients in their homes and providing them with one-on-one care that allows them to live better for longer in their own homes.
Every day is different because human beings are different every day! You'll bring your heart, your helping attitude, and the people skills you've acquired in life as well as the special training we provide you.
We are looking to fill multiple, full-time CarePro positions for a Monday to Friday schedule and some weekend availability.
Your duties may include:
• Leaving shift comments for family and staff to review
• Providing companionship and supportive listening
• Reporting changes in the health or status of the client
• Feeding clients
• Maintaining patient's health equipment
• Responding to emergency situations
• Transporting clients to appointments
• Facilitating community and recreational outings, including transport
• Providing support with hobbies, studies, and social activities
Professional Growth and Development
As you grow into your role as a CarePro, you'll enjoy training and development to nurture your skillsets and talents.
Some clients may need higher levels of care. For example:
• Physical
• Behavioral/emotional
• Sensory-impaired
In which case, we provide that extra layer of training if that direction calls to you.
CarePro Work Culture
When you spend half your day at work, it matters whom you spend it with and what kind of company you keep. At Home Instead of South Sarasota County, we care as much about our employees as we do about our clients.
When you join our staff, you join a team of caring and supportive professionals. Everyone here has a team mentality, and you'll feel that support at every level, including from our office staff.
You'll enjoy team events that help bring our CarePro community together and enable you to get to know other caregiving professionals just like you.
What You'll Love About Your Job as a CarePro
Don't be surprised when you fall in love with our senior clients-and they fall in love with you! You're doing important work every day that makes a difference in the lives of seniors as well as their families and friends.
We help you ease into your new role by personally introducing you to new clients, discussing the client's care plan and history together and making sure you and the client are comfortable from the start.
Our CarePros tell us they also love these aspects of the job:
• Bringing light and laughter to people's lives
• Taking clients out on excursions
• Discovering purpose in their daily work
• Delivering holiday meals to clients who have no family to celebrate with
• Honoring people and who they've been throughout their lives
We create opportunities for you to socialize and have fun with clients, providing tickets for spring training baseball games, live theater, and other local activities.
At our Home Instead office we host open house events, bringing CarePros, clients and family members together in celebration, and we make a variety of resources available at all times in our craft room/resource room, including books, large-piece puzzles, arts-and-crafts kits, and more.
Benefits
At Home Instead of South Sarasota County, we've got room for your busy life. We provide flexible work schedules so you can work to live, not live to work. Here are some other great benefits of working with us:
• Competitive compensation (starting at $15.50 to $18.50 per hour)
• Affordable health insurance after 90 days
• Paid Time Off
• Flexible work schedule
• Company car share program (if your car needs repair, you'll still be able to work!)
• CarePro appreciation celebrations
• Paid training/continuous education
• Discounts at select retail and restaurants
• Employee referral bonus
Incentives
Your role as a CarePro is important—our clients rely on you! So, we reward our employees for accountability. We offer FREE gas cards when you reach these bi-weekly milestones:
• 25 hours of work per week - $15 gas card
• 30 hours+ of work per week - $25 gas card
Benefit Conditions:
• Waiting period may apply
• Only full-time employees eligible for health Insurance
COVID-19 Precaution(s):
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Temperature screenings
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place
What We Require of You
In addition to your compassionate heart and natural caregiving skills, here are some (but not all) requirements you must satisfy:
• Clean DMV record.
• Ability to pass a national background check.
• Drug screen. We are a drug-free workplace.
• Tuberculosis screening (within 90 days of your CarePro registration).
• Safe, reliable transportation available to you at all times.
• (2) two verifiable personal references.
• (2) two verifiable work references (in addition to professional references).
• Pass a Fit for Duty physical screening.
• Flexible schedule.
• ATTITUDE OF A TEAM PLAYER!
Ready to Apply?
Become a full-time CarePro today! We can't wait to meet you—and neither can our clients.