In Home Aids/Direct Care Workers
Part-timeIonia County Commission on Aging
Ionia, MIPart-time / Full-time$15.47–17.35/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
Direct care workers support clients in their homes according to client care plans and communicate with the In-Home Director about changing needs. The role includes housekeeping, respite and personal care, and may involve supporting clients and caregivers at ICCOA’s Memory Cafe. Several part-time and two full-time positions are available. Pay is $15.47–$17.35 per hour, depending on experience, with a Direct Care Worker Premium through 2025.
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Full job description
Direct care workers support clients in their homes by performing a variety of tasks as indicated in client care plans. Aides communicate regularly with the In-Home Director, helping ICCOA to respond to changing client needs, and working to provide excellent care and service Regular trainings help to grow and aide's skill set and advance agency goals. On-site work involves supporting clients outside the home, such as at ICCOA's Memory Cafe. Several Part-time and Two Full-time positions are available. $15.47-$17.35/hr, depending on experience with a Direct Care Worker Premium through 2025. County benefits package for full-time positions. Tasks may include a variety of activities such as: Housekeeping: cleaning bathrooms/kitchens, vacuuming, laundry. Respite Care: relieve Caregivers in the home with a range of tasks. Personal Care: bathing/showering, hair care, skin care, dressing, transferring and toileting. On site work may include leading activities for clients with memory issues and their caregivers along with other support. Aides are responsible for completing and submitting record of service sheets, mileage reimbursement forms and client receipts. Benefits to working as a COA In-Home Aide include: No weekend or evening hours Paid travel time(between clients)+mileage reimbursement(for travel between clients) Full-time position includes full county benefits Satisfaction of helping seniors remain in their home.
How this job compares
Set against the 305 open Direct Care Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.47–17.35/hr
- US median$16–18/hr117 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $16.41/hr, is 3% below the US median midpoint ($17/hr) — in the middle half of Direct Care Worker hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Direct Care Worker jobs in Michigan and 305 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- State of Massachusetts29 open
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- Wright Care Home Care LLC.27 open
- Experience
- Direct Care Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (56 postings).
- Education
- 0 of the 305 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 October 28, 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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