Being a Caregiver is an Ideal Job for Baby Boomers to Gen Z-ers
Working as a Visiting Angels Caregiver is a flexible role that you can feel good about doing. It gives you the chance to work in the thriving health care industry, where you can learn more about the industry and advance your skills to earn more opportunities to serve Visiting Angels clients. This is an ideal position for young professionals, working parents and retirees.
If you have the heart and the skillset to work as a caregiver for seniors in your community, consider a role as a Visiting Angels Caregiver. Read on to learn more!
How Visiting Angels Caregivers help
Visiting Angels Caregivers provide non-medical service to their clients. This means being a reliable source of support and assistance in your clients’ lives. Clients depend on their Visiting Angels Caregivers to provide resources, help and companionship. Clients interview and choose the caregiver who best suits their needs.
The job requires a high school degree or equivalent, a driver’s license and social security card. The role demands strong communication skills and an upbeat attitude. In order to do this job well, caregivers need to be comfortable and confident caring for seniors, offering them services and joyful companionship.
Some responsibilities that caregivers take on include
- Running errands, such as going grocery shopping
- Cooking meals
- Driving clients to their appointments
- Providing light cleaning assistance
- Offering medication reminders
- Providing grooming, bathing assistance, and walking assistance
- Offering companionship
Opportunities for Professional Growth
Visiting Angels Caregivers have opportunities to upskill and learn about more specialized care service like caring for clients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Learning more about this specialized care grows your professional skills, giving you the enhanced skillset to reach out to more clients. It’s one way that the Visiting Angels invests in caregivers, supporting them as they become more in-demand professionals.
In the same way, Visiting Angels Caregivers can be trained to assist clients who are in the final stages of their lives; End of Life Care requires a special approach, and caregivers who’ve learned how to assist clients and their family during this time hone a specialized skillset.
Visiting Angels Caregivers also offer special services including Respite Care, this gives family caregivers an extended break, a night or a weekend off, so that they can take a trip or go on a retreat. Stepping in to relieve a family caregiver can be a great opportunity for a college student or a retiree. Plus, you can feel good about the break that you are affording the family caregiver.
Caring Careers
Visiting Angels was recently honored with a Caregiver’s Choice Award. The award is generated by feedback offered by caregivers and aids who work in the industry. Visiting Angels was thrilled to earn the Caregiver’s Choice Best Places to Work distinction. It’s a special honor to earn this nod from professionals in the industry.
Visiting Angels Caregivers get the opportunity and encouragement to develop relationships with each of their clients. Hours are flexible, generated with caregiver’s needs in mind. This is a job that you can feel good about and build your skills while you do it.
Caregiving Spans Generations
Working as a Visiting Angels Caregiver is a job that spans generations. Gen Z-ers who are eager to get a professional start, and Baby Boomers who are not quite ready to retire are equally well-served by this exciting opportunity. It’s also an ideal role for working parents who have to work around the demands of school drop offs and picks ups.
Earn a steady income doing work you can be proud of, helping others. If this sounds like a fit for you, give us a call (865-531-4833); Visiting Angels would love to work with you!