Care Associate - Memory Care (MC)
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Job overview
Senior Lifestyle is hiring a Care Associate - Memory Care (MC). The Care Associate provides companionship and support to Memory Care residents, assisting with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and mobility. This role involves encouraging independence, participating in and leading activities, serving meals, and performing basic housekeeping within the memory care neighborhood. The associate is also responsible for ensuring timely responses to concerns to maintain high customer satisfaction.
Key focus areas include Provide kind, caring, and consistent companionship and support to residents, Provide assistance, encouragement, and restorative interventions for Memory Care residents, and Participate in and lead one on one and group activities.
Important skills include Basic Computer Skills, Outlook, Excel, Microsoft Word, Compassionate, and Kind. Preferred (not required): Friendly Demeanor and Working With Seniors With Dementia.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Starting salary $17 per hour
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Provide kind, caring, and consistent companionship and support to residents.
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Provide assistance, encouragement, and restorative interventions, as needed, for Memory Care residents to be as independent as possible in their activities of daily living including but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and mobility.
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Participate in and lead one on one and group activities.
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Serve residents during mealtime, assist with memory care laundry, and basic housekeeping within the memory care neighborhood.
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Ensure that resident/family/employee concerns receive timely response and follow up, thus striving to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.
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Maintain a positive and professional demeanor toward all residents, visitors and co-workers.
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Experience working with seniors with dementia including participation in activities is preferred.
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Acceptable proficiency in English to perform job duties, communicate with supervisor and other employees, and respond and communicate to emergency situations.
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You may need to have a CNA or CHHA license depending on the state.
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You have basic computer skills. Proficiency with Outlook, Excel and Word is required.
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You are compassionate, kind, engaging and helpful.
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You possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
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You have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
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You can maintain a positive and friendly demeanor toward the residents and your co-workers. Senior Lifestyle offers a comprehensive benefits plan to eligible team members including health, dental, vision, retirement benefits, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid time off. All Senior Lifestyle positions are eligible to use DailyPay, an application that allows you to access your earned but unpaid wages before your next payday. Senior Lifestyle requires that all employees provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination unless exempt due to medical, religious, or personal beliefs. Government requirements or exclusions may apply.
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