Direct care worker
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The direct care worker assists clients with daily living activities, mobility, meals, medication reminders, and light household tasks. The role also includes monitoring clients’ physical condition and behavior, reporting updates to family members or healthcare supervisors, and providing companionship. A high school diploma or equivalent, CPR and First Aid certification, physical ability, and a background check are listed; CNA or HHA certification is preferred.
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Full job description
Key Responsibilities 1. Personal Care: Assist clients with daily living activities (ADLs), including bathing, grooming, dressing, oral hygiene, and toileting. 2. Mobility & Safety: Help clients transfer from beds to wheelchairs, walk safely, and use mobility equipment. 3. Meal Preparation: Plan and prepare meals according to dietary restrictions, and assist with feeding and hydration. 4. Medication Support: Provide medication reminders, track schedules, or assist with prescribed treatments as permitted. 5. Housekeeping & Errands: Perform light cleaning, laundry, bed-making, grocery shopping, and transportation to appointments. 6. Health & Behavior Monitoring: Observe changes in a client's physical condition, mood, or appetite, and report updates to family members or healthcare supervisors. 7. Companionship: Offer social engagement, conversation, and emotional support to reduce isolation. Qualifications & Skills 1. Education: High school diploma or equivalent. 2. Certifications: CPR and First Aid certification; CNA or HHA certification preferred depending on state and facility rules. 3. Physical Ability: Capable of standing, bending, and safely lifting or supporting clients. 4. Soft Skills: Strong communication, empathy, patience, reliability, and the ability to handle stressful situations calmly. 5. Requirements: Ability to pass a background check and provide a valid ID.
How this job compares
Set against the 313 open Direct Care Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$12–14/hr36 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 109 open Direct Care Worker jobs in Pennsylvania and 313 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Wright Care Home Care LLC.34 open
- Aveanna Healthcare28 open
- BAYADA Home Health Care12 open
- Experience
- Direct Care Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (65 postings).
- Education
- 0 of the 313 open Direct Care Worker jobs (0%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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