Specialized Home Provider - IA - Wheelchair Accessible and Brain Injury Experience at Mosaic summary:
This position involves providing in-home care and support for individuals with disabilities, specifically those with brain injuries and wheelchair accessibility needs, in Iowa. The home provider shares their residence, assists with daily living tasks, medication management, and promotes community inclusion and independence. The role requires a safe and accessible home environment, adherence to policies, and collaboration with care teams to improve clients' quality of life.
We are currently seeking home providers with WCA home & Brain Injury Experience
Are you looking for a meaningful work opportunity in your home? Become a Host Home / Home Provider with Mosaic at Home®! Average annual income of $80,000 (federally tax-free) plus room & board. You must reside in the state of Iowa (due to state funding) and own or rent your home.
For nearly 40 years, Mosaic has provided improved quality of life, greater stability and increased community access for people with disabilities through our shared living service, which also offers a satisfying career option for home providers.
As a home provider, you share your home with an individual with a disability. Your responsibility is to maintain a safe and healthy home environment for the individual and be a mentor while helping the person as needed with the tasks of daily living.
Open your Heart and your home in the Iowa community. We have a male client who is seeking a provider to share their home with him to help him live his best life! Must be familiar with brain injuries and experience working with someone who has had a brain injury. He uses a wheelchair, hoyer lift, and would need assistance with personal hygiene. Home provider would need a home equipped for someone who uses a wheelchair and can physically help him in/out of his wheelchair. He enjoys having an alcoholic drink or two on a regular basis and would prefer someone with a good sense of humor. He would do well in a home with pets and children as long as environment is not too hectic
In this role, you assist withcultivating life skills and fostering independence. We work to match interests and lifestyles between people. You will participate together in activities of daily living, both at home and in the community. Through the matching process, you are able to match with a person whose needs fit the support level you wish to offer. Duties vary for each individual from minimal support (i.e., budgeting, medication, transportation, activities of daily living) to full support (i.e., dressing, toileting, feeding, positive behavioral support, etc.), and the income is commensurate with the level of support provided.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide support for tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, budgeting, decision-making, etc.
- Skill acquisition
- Medication administration
- Medical appointments
- Support with overall health and well-being
- Daily documentation via web-based case management application (THERAP)
- Provide fun and leisure experiences to the individual by providing opportunities of community inclusion, integration and socialization
- Compliance with all state/agency policy and procedures
- Communicate effectively with team members as needed
- Support physical needs of individual served
- Provide transportation
Possible responsibilities depending on your preference:
- Assistance with bathing, toileting, feeding, behavioral support, etc.
- Provide support for medical protocols, such as seizure, fall, feeding tube, etc.
- Care for someone with complex physical/medical needs (i.e., hearing impaired, vision impaired, non-ambulatory, etc.)
- Potential support of behavioral issues.
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- Must be a resident of the state in which you wish to provide contracted services in
- Transportation, valid driver's license, car insurance and current registration
- Active home/renters insurance
- Own or rent your own home/apartment/condo/townhouse
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Experience preferred but not required
- Reliable computer and internet access
- Complete all state mandated trainings
- Environmentally safe and clean residence
- Ability to pass State/Federal and APS/CPS background check
Keywords:
home care, brain injury support, wheelchair accessible home, personal care aide, disability services, daily living assistance, medication management, community inclusion, caregiver, in-home support
