Casa Grade, Maricopa, Apache Junction, Cooliddge

Reports To: Supervisor (HCS)

Program/Position Service Description: Ability360 Personal Care Assistants (PCA) deliver high-quality, person centered non-medical home care to AHCCCS/ALTCS/DDD eligible members in their homes or places of residence, including attendant care, personal care, homemaker, respite, and habilitation services.

Required Qualifications:

• 18 years of age
• A combination of three positive references; employment, volunteer, personal
• Criminal background check
• Negative TB test
• Two forms of identification
• Pass all Caregiver Training Competency Evaluations

Ideal candidates will have the following personal qualities:

• cleanliness
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• punctuality
• maturity
• responsibility
• respectfulness
• flexibility
• ability to communicate openly

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide tasks necessary for comfort and safety of the Consumer that do not require medical or nursing supervision.
• Assist with bathing; showering and shampooing hair
• Assist with grooming; brushing teeth, combing hair, shaving (electric razor), and applying face cream or body lotion (PCA cannot provide wound care).
• Assist with dressing; ensuring clothes are clean and appropriate.
• Assist with transfers to and from bed to wheelchair, and ambulation.
• Provide assistance with special devices such as prosthetics, if procedure is routine and well established.
• Assist with toileting, urinary devices, and bowel maintenance programs (The PCA cannot perform suppositories, enemas, impaction removal, or any type of bowel stimulations).
• Provides homemaking tasks that will maintain a safe and sanitary living condition for the
• Consumer; sweep and mop floors, vacuum, dust, wash and put away dishes, clean bathroom, bedroom, change bed linens, make bed, laundry; wash, dry and put away clothes (Homemaking services are to be provided for the Consumer only)
• Provides nutritional meal preparation; meal planning, shopping, and medication pick up. (Meal preparation is provided for the Consumer only.)
• Provides oversight and companionship to the Consumer. Reminding the Consumer to take medication and assisting Consumer with self-medication (PCA cannot administer medication, injections, eye drops).
• Assist Consumer to medical appointments and scheduling (PCAs may accompany Consumers to their appointments on public transportation. PCAs cannot provide transportation as an employee of Ability360 HCS).

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in the Consumer's Home or place of residence.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This position is Full or Part-Time and may have varied working hours including days, evenings and/or weekends across multiple locations

Ability360 Offers:

• Full and Part-time positions
• Pay range of $12.15 to $13.65 per hour
• Weekly Pay
• FREE Sports/Fitness membership
• FREE AHCCCS approved Direct Care Worker (DCW) Training
• FREE First Aid / CPR Training
• Paid Vacation/Sick
• Referral Bonus
• Health Benefits - Dental/Vision
• Work close to home
• Paid Travel Time
• Retirement Plan
• Services Years Recognition
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Ability360's Affirmative Action Policy:

Ability360 abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that Ability360 take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

Further, Ability360 will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of any protected status under federal and Arizona law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, State Executive Order No. 75-5, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

When applying for a job and being considered for employment, applicants are given a form prescribed by the US Department of Labor Office for Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) asking him or her to voluntarily disclose whether he or she has a disability. Applicants may complete this form understanding that the information on it is kept separate from their application materials or any subsequent personnel file. The information is for statistical purposes only as required by Federal law. An applicant who completes the form is not guaranteed a job or any special preference for a job.

Reasonable Accommodation:

Any employee, whether full or part-time, who requests a workplace modification or an alteration in policies, practices or procedures for purposes of providing an accommodation based on disability and performing the essential functions of the job is accommodated pursuant to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Please do not wear scented products at Ability360 while at work, meetings and/or events. Thank you!