CAREGIVER JOB PURPOSE:
Providing medical and day-to-day care for disabled students who aren't able to take care of themselves.
CAREGIVER JOB DUTIES:
- Interacting with students with special needs
- Providing a warm and welcoming care environment
- Listening to a student's needs, wants, and other suggestions about their care
- Attending to patient's hygienic needs including using the bathroom
- Recording basic health information
- Reporting any unexpected or worrisome conditions in the student: medical, psychological, emotional, or otherwise
- Assisting students with preparing meals, eating, and cleaning up after themselves
- Assisting students with mobility needs (helping them get up, helping them get into a wheelchair or walker, pushing a wheelchair, etc.)
- Reminding students' to take medication according to their doctor's prescription
- Respecting the students' privacy and rules of confidentiality
- Establishing a relationship with each student and members of patients' families
- Answering the telephone and greeting guests on behalf of the student
- Responding to medical and other emergencies immediately
CAREGIVER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Patience, Attentiveness, Concern, Empathy, Domestic Tasks, Medicine, Listening, Communication, Positive Attitude, Discretion, Punctuality, Friendliness, Writing, Reporting, Preparing Meals, Babysitting, Cleaning, Laundry, Traveling