Part Time 2Nd Shift Caregiver / Dsp

Position Open:

• Part Time 2nd Shift (14-19 hours/week)

What it means to work WITH Covey:

• Regular Full-Time and Part-Time employees are eligible for PTO, Paid Holidays, Jury Duty, Bereavement, and a Simple IRA. Regular Full-Time also eligible for medical, dental, and vision.
• FULLFILLMENThelp create more fulfilling lives for our participants AND yourself!
• OVERTIME? We have more hours for you! But we also wont force them on you. We understand your away-from-work time is extremely important!
• Feel HEARD and UNDERSTOOD! Caregivers want growth potential Covey has it ready and waiting for you!
• EMPOWERMENT: Come up with new ideas, activities, ways to do things AND to make decisions in the best interest of our participants.
• Have a supervisor who sincerely CARES for you, who works the floor with you, who responds to your requests/questions and will help and support you in everything you do.

We want you to create RELATIONSHIPS with our participants! Get to know who youre caring for!

• We call our Caregivers PROGRAM ASSISTANTS because thats what they do they assist our participants in making each day a successful day.
• Our goal is a 5:1 Program Assistant to Participant ratio you wont be bored but you also wont have a line of participants waiting for you to have time to assist them.
• You WILL have time to get to know who likes to play UNO, who thrives on baking muffins and who just wants to be part of the team by helping take the trash out!
• We dont have call lights because we dont need them! Our Program Assistants spend their days interacting directly with our participants and can respond QUICKLY to any needs they may have.

Definition of a Covey Program Assistant

• 18 years of age or older.
• Measures the success in your day by the number of smiles you make happenlike this
• You do the RIGHT thing even when its the hard thing to do.
• Youre the one co-workers come to for questions, advice, support and guidance.
• Understands the importance of treating everyone with respect participants, co-workers, community members EVERYONE!
• Has a deep desire to have co-workers who share your passion of helping others and who do this work because its in their bones its who they are!
• Comfortable helping with personal cares (bathing, toileting, eating, etc.)

About Covey:
At Covey, the participants, staff, and caregivers believe in creating possibilities, and we believe in doing it together. We are a community of passionate individualsclients, staff, caregivers, and volunteersworking together to create possibilities for our clients and their families.
For over sixty years, we have served individuals (age 18-64) with disabilities and their families in the Fox Valley region. Our areas of expertise include respite care, virtual and in-person skill community engagement, life enrichment, and volunteerism.
Through compassion, creativity and individualized care, Covey creates opportunities that foster personal growth because we believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to fully participate in their community, discover their passions, and pursue their dreams.
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