Home Support Provider - Full Time

Description

Home Support Provider – Help Others Feel at Home!

Are you compassionate, dependable, and passionate about helping others maintain their independence? Do you enjoy making a meaningful difference in someone's day through companionship, practical assistance, and a caring presence? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services (HCS) is seeking a dedicated Home Support Provider to assist individuals in their homes with everyday activities that promote comfort, safety, and independence. In this rewarding role, you'll help clients maintain their routines and quality of life by providing household assistance, meal preparation, companionship, and other supportive services based on their individual needs.

Why Join HCS?

At HCS, we believe everyone deserves to feel safe, comfortable, and supported in the place they call home. Our Home Support Providers play an important role in helping individuals remain independent while receiving the assistance they need.

What Makes This Role Meaningful:

• Make a Difference: Help individuals maintain their independence, dignity, and quality of life.
• Build Connections: Develop positive, professional relationships with clients and their families.
• Variety in Your Day: Support clients with different needs through a range of household and daily living activities.
• Community Impact: Provide valuable services that help individuals continue living in their own homes.
• Professional Development: Participate in required education and opportunities to contribute to service quality improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate supervision, companionship, and support while encouraging client independence with activities of daily living.
• Assist with routine household tasks, including light housekeeping, laundry, and maintaining a comfortable home environment.
• Shop for groceries and plan, prepare, and serve nutritious meals based on individual client needs.
• Follow individualized plans of care and established agency policies and procedures.
• Observe, document, and communicate relevant information about clients, including changes or concerns that may affect their well-being.
• Maintain accurate documentation.
• Communicate professionally with clients, families, supervisors, and other staff members.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and protect client privacy and confidentiality.
• Follow established infection control, safety, and compliance practices, reporting concerns through appropriate channels.
• Participate in required education and quality improvement activities.

What We're Looking For

• Commitment to full time hours.
• Ability to communicate effectively, follow individualized plans of care, and work independently within established guidelines.
• Valid driver's license.
• Access during working hours to an automobile that meets New Hampshire registration and applicable automobile liability insurance requirements.
• Strong organizational skills, dependability, and a commitment to providing respectful, client-centered support.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, professional boundaries, and a safe environment for clients.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Work primarily takes place in clients' homes and community settings, with regular travel between assignments.
• Ability to adapt to varying home environments and follow appropriate safety and infection control practices, including the use of protective equipment when necessary.
• Ability to perform household and client-support activities involving standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, twisting, pushing, and pulling.
• Ability to lift a typical weight of 25 pounds and a maximum of 50 pounds.
• Ability to carry a typical weight of 10 pounds and a maximum of 25 pounds.
• Ability to safely perform assigned responsibilities in environments that may include animals, smoke, body fluids, sharps, and other potential hazards.

Make a Difference with HCS!

Sometimes, the smallest acts of kindness make the biggest difference. Whether you're preparing a meal, helping with household tasks, or simply offering companionship, your work as a Home Support Provider can help someone feel more comfortable, confident, and independent in their own home.

Join Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services and help us make every day a little better for the individuals and families we serve!

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, follow a plan of care, and work independently.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Access during working hours to an automobile that meets State of New Hampshire registration requirements and applicable automobile liability insurance requirements.

Preferred

• Previous experience working with individuals of advanced age or individuals with physical or mental disabilities who require assistance with activities of daily living.