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Job description
Are you a nursing, pre-med, OT, PT, healthcare, or other future healthcare professional looking for hands-on experience?
Always Best Care Senior Services Charleston is hiring caregivers!
As a caregiver, you'll work one-on-one with older adults in their homes while building valuable skills in patient care, communication, compassion, and working with families - experience you can carry with you into your future healthcare career.
This is a great opportunity if you want to:
• Gain hands-on experience caring for older adults
• Build confidence working directly with patients and families
• Develop skills that will help you in your future healthcare career
• Work part-time around classes, clinicals, and your school schedule
• Make a meaningful difference in someone's day
No previous caregiving experience? That's okay! We provide paid training and ongoing support to help you feel confident in your role.
What You'll Be Doing:
As a caregiver, you'll provide support that helps seniors remain safe, comfortable, and independent at home. Responsibilities may include:
Medication reminders
Assistance with mobility and walking
Personal care and hygiene support
Light housekeeping and meal preparation
Running errands or grocery shopping
Providing companionship and conversation
Observing and reporting changes in condition
What We're Looking For:
We provide training, but ideal candidates are:
Compassionate, patient, and dependable
Interested in healthcare or human services
Strong communicators with good time-management skills
Physically able to assist clients safely
High school graduates (or GED equivalent)
Dependable with reliable transportation (required)
Comfortable around pets
Why Students Love This Opportunity:
Flexible scheduling around classes
Hands-on experience with seniors in dementia care
One-on-one patient interaction
Build communication, compassion and caregiving skills
Paid training
$16-$18/hour, paid weekly
Whether you're preparing for nursing school, already in a healthcare program, or exploring a career in patient care, this is a great way to gain experience.
Interested? Apply today and start building experience that matters.
Who can apply
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