As a Direct Care Worker, your duties will include performing housekeeping tasks, assisting clients with meals, taking care of their personal hygiene needs, occupationally running errands, and providing mental stimulation and companionship.

To ensure success as a direct care worker, you should possess knowledge of best practices in providing care and experience in a similar role. Ultimately, an outstanding direct care worker will be someone who can be entrusted with the wellbeing of clients and one who demonstrates a caring approach.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Providing frail, ill, or immobile clients with assistance, company, and comfort.
• Administering medicine and treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers.
• Monitoring the physical, mental, and emotional conditions of clients and reporting changes to designated parties.
• Performing personal hygiene care and housekeeping duties.
• Preparing meals and assisting clients with eating and drinking.
• Assisting with the use of incontinence products or providing bathroom visit support.
• Running errands, including shopping for groceries and basic household items.
• Assisting clients from their beds into chairs or wheelchairs, and back.
• Accompanying clients on trips, such as medical appointments.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and safe environment.
• Documents care using Agency approved Electronic Visit Verification system from the patient's care location.

Job Requirements

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively
• Ability to understand both written and verbal directions and instructions
• Certificate or proof of attendance and curriculum for approved training program
• Successful completion (score of 85% or higher) of KeystoneCare Home Care Home Services Equivalency Testing
• Possession of strong organization skills
• Understanding, compassionate attitude toward the care of the sick
• Ability to document actions and observations with detail and accuracy
• One year Direct Care Worker experience preferred
• Valid Drivers License and Reliable Transportation required
• Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination and willingness to receive future vaccinations as directed.

Looking for a rich and rewarding career? Look no further, KeystoneCare wants YOU!

The Direct Care Worker provides the patient with personal care assistance and home support in an effort to maintain a clean, safe environment for the elderly or convalescing patient thus allowing them to remain in their own home.

KeystoneCare is a nonprofit, community-based organization providing full continuity of care by offering home health, hospice, palliative, private duty, waiver, therapy and telemonitoring services to patients and families of the Greater Philadelphia Region.

For nearly 30 years, our team has helped improve the quality of life for our patients and their families with comfort and dignity, regardless of stage of life or state of health. We will continue our commitment to do so in years to come; and we want to do this with YOU!

We offer competitive salaries as well as health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 403b with match, basic and voluntary life insurance and Aflac products.