Position: Homecare Aide
Organization: Jewish Family & Career Services
Reports to: Homecare Director
Position Type: Direct Care Personnel, Variable Hour
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Salary: $16/hour

Jewish Family & Career Services is currently hiring Non-Medical Homecare Aides to begin immediately. Caring and compassionate caregivers work one-on-one with older adults in Jefferson County, assisting with personal care, meal preparation and light housekeeping. Position starts at $16/hour with opportunity for paid time off and benefits. Employees are required to pass a background check and drug screen. Flexible schedule, part-time and full-time schedules available.

Qualifications, Competencies and Characteristics

• High school diploma preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Must have the ability to read, write and speak English.
• Training provided, but previous experience working in personal care, homecare or with the elderly population preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• A passion for the JFCS vision, mission and values and a desire to help “repair the World”
• Assist clients with personal care (e.g. bathing, dressing, eating, exercises, grooming, incontinence care, medication reminders, mobility and transfers, etc.)
• Perform companionship services (e.g. transportation services, escort to appointments and events, socialization and conversation, visit neighbors and friends, provide reminders for appointments, write letters and correspondence, play games and aid with reading, stimulate mental awareness, respite, etc.)
• Perform homemaker services
  • Light housekeeping (e.g. laundry, change linens, make beds, empty garbage, dust furniture, mop floors, vacuum, organize and clean closets)
  • Meal planning and preparation (e.g. grocery shopping, cooking and clean-up)
  • Help with errands (e.g. dry cleaning, Rx pick up, personal shopping)
• Adhere to strict confidentiality of constituent information
• Other duties as assigned

Performance Requirements:

• Perform shifts as scheduled (e.g. arrive on time, stay for the duration).
• Follow provided care plans for all clients exactly.
• Stay in communication with the Homecare Director continually.
• Attend and complete all mandatory trainings.
• Turn in required documentation (e.g. timesheets, flow sheets, incident reports, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Comply with all applicable KY Personal Services Agency regulations.
• Prompt compliance to requests for documentation and screenings (e.g. TB and drug).
• Respect confidentiality of clients and comply with confidentiality and information security guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively communicate in English through oral and written means.
• Sensitivity to the elderly, convalescent, and persons with disabilities.
• Maintain composure, keep emotions in check, control anger, and avoid aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
• Be pleasant with others on the job and display a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Monitor clients and client environments and keep Homecare Director informed of potential concerns or hazards.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions:

• This position will require the worker to climb, stoop, kneeling, crouch, reach, stand, walk, push/pull, lift, grasp, and/or feel during the course of essential duties.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned and to make general observations of facilities and structures. Corrective lenses acceptable.
• Worker must be able to express and exchange ideas by means of spoken word. Assistive devices acceptable.
• Worker must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels, with or without correction. Assistive devices acceptable.
• Medium work, with worker exerting up to 50lbs of force occasionally, up to 30lbs of force frequently or up to 10lbs of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (work typically conducted in a home or other climate-controlled location).

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Travel Requirement: Local travel

Pre-Employment Requirements: Satisfactory completion of a pre-employment background check.

Jewish Family & Career Services IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and does not discriminate against any person or group of persons on the grounds of race, ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or physical or mental disability as defined by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 1991 Civil Rights Act amendments; The Americans with Disabilities Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Kentucky Civil Rights Act; or in any manner prohibited by the laws of the United States, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or local ordinance, in the recruitment, selection, promotion, evaluation or retention or any terms and conditions of employment for employees or volunteers.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@jfcslouisville.org.