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Project Room Key Hcp

Posted on Jan. 6, 2025 by Homebridge

  • Full Time

Project Room Key Hcp
Join the Project Room Key (PRK) team!
As a Project Room Key Home Care Provider (PRK HCP), you will provide mainly domestic tasks such as room cleaning for clients living in a hotel setting while waiting for permanent housing. PRK is like working in a contract mode Small Care Team BSCT and PRK HCPs are guaranteed 40 hours. PRK HCPs will see up to as many as 10-15 clients in same building for 30 min- 1 hour each.

Position Summary
As a Project Room Key (PRK) you carry out the mission of Homebridge to provide high-quality home care and supportive services to the aging adults and people with disabilities, enabling them to live safely and independently in their homes and community.
At Homebridge we work with a high risk, high needs population of individuals who may struggle with mental health conditions or substance abuse, live in SROs or shelters, and/or do not have a strong personal support system. As an PRK Caregiver you are required to adhere to professional standards and Homebridge policies and procedures.
As part of your job you will complete all specialized training related to Covid-19 precautions and use of personal protective equipment, as determined by the Homebridge Director of Nursing. You will report directly to your PRK Care Supervisor. In training you will learn skills to help you provide a range of personal care and domestic services to clients. You will also learn how to detect and report signs of a client’s declining physical or mental health, how to work with clients with limited mobility, and how to communicate with a client who may refuse the services you are contracted to provide.
Essential Job Functions
  • Communication and Teamwork
  • Implements care plans for clients in consultation with assigned Homebridge Care Team
  • Communicates issues or barriers to implementing care plans to assigned Homebridge staff and offer proposed solutions whenever possible
  • Uses active listening to gain trust
  • Professionally engages in communication with external partners and internal staff
  • Maintains confidentiality of information about the client and their family, etc
  • Keeps appropriate staff informed of any changes in the client’s condition
  • Works as a productive, supportive, and communicative team member
  • Recommends ways to improve a client’s safety to Homebridge Care Team
  • Personal Care Services
    • Ambulation
    • Bathing
    • Bowel and bladder care
    • Dressing client
  • Feeding and assurance of adequate fluid intake
  • Grooming
  • Assist with self-administration of medications
  • Menstrual care
  • Care and assistance with artificial or prosthetic limbs
  • Rubbing client’s skin with lotion
  • Turning client in bed
  • Uses universal precautions in all interactions with client and environment
Domestic Care Services
  • Sweeping, vacuuming, and washing floors
  • Cleaning kitchen
  • Cleaning bathroom
  • Storing food and supplies
  • Taking out garbage
  • Dusting and picking-up
  • Changing bed linen and making bed
  • Menu planning and preparing meal
  • Meal clean-up
  • Laundry services
  • Reasonable shopping and errands
  • Transportation – accompanies client to medical appts
Paramedical Services and Specialized Training
Paramedical services and Specialized Trainings include the administration of medications, puncturing the skin or inserting a medical device into a body orifice, activities requiring sterile procedures, or other activities requiring judgment based on training given by a licensed healthcare professional or authorized Homebridge staff member. When required, paramedical services training or specialized training is provided for the Home Care Provider in the home or hospital by a nurse, doctor, or authorized
Homebridge staff member; completion of the training is documented in the Provider’s permanent file.
Skills and Abilities
  • Basic arithmetic
  • Knowledge of basic domestic chores including cooking and cleaning
  • Able to perform personal care services
  • A sincere desire to help people in need and provide them compassionate care
  • Must be dependable and able to communicate and follow directions
  • Able to work and travel in all areas of San Francisco
  • Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills and responsible decision making
Education and Experience
Successfully complete the Homebridge Home Care Provider training required
Experience working with target populations, including people of diverse cultural, education, socio-economic, and linguistic backgrounds, and knowledge of related issues preferred
Additional Requirements
  • Must be legally eligible for employment in the U.S.
  • Must pass a background check and Tuberculosis (TB) test
  • Must have basic comprehension of written and verbal English
As of 10/15/2021, Homebridge requires COVID vaccination for staff as a condition for employment. This means having received 2 Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or 1 Johnson & Johnson vaccine by your start date. If you are not vaccinated but willing to get vaccinated, you can still pursue the hiring process. You can review the full policy on our website: https://www.homebridgeca.org/vaccine-req-eng
Work Environment
This position is primarily in the field and includes frequent travel - must be able to travel on foot or via public transportation to all parts of San Francisco County for performance of job duties. This role requires you to be exposed to people with a potentially infectious disease called Covid-19. You will always be required to wear personal protective equipment provided to you by Homebridge to prevent disease transmission while caring for clients who have or are suspected to have Covid-19. May occasionally be exposed to outside weather conditions while traveling to clients. Some exposure to physical risk. Exposure to venues so that services can be provided, client homes may have pets/pet dander and/or cigarette smoke. May include contact with clients with mental health and/or personal hygiene issues.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Homebridge is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory, diverse work environment.

Advertised until:
Feb. 5, 2025


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