**Now Offering DailyPay**
Overview:
We are looking for caring and compassionate Household Assistants to join our team. This position helps with cooking, laundry and housekeeping in our Small House, Big Difference Neighborhood. The neighborhood provides homey accommodations in a ranch-style, open floor plan house where up to 12 elders live. This family-like environment promotes close friendships, freedom of choice and individuality of each elder who lives there. As part of the team, you would be caring for the elders’ environment and helping to ensure they live each day with dignity.
At Otterbein, you’re more than an employee, you’re a Partner in Caring. Together, we work side by side toward a shared goal: delivering person-centered care that respects every resident and the choices they make.
Whether in our vibrant communities, our welcoming small house neighborhoods, Home Health, Hospice or Home Office, we provide the highest level of compassionate, quality care.
Join our team of Partners who are talented, kind, wise, funny, spirited, generous, endearing, and truly one-of-a-kind.
Job Types: Full Time and Part Time
Pay: Starting from $15.00 (Based on experience)
Responsibilities:
- Help plan appropriate meals according to dietary needs/preferences/medical issues.
- Seek input from elders with meal planning and preparation.
- Prep ingredients; prepare and serve meals and snacks.
- Set up table.
- Ensure the safety and freshness of food; measure and record food temperature.
- Inventory and stock shelves with supplies.
- Clean rooms, floors, equipment, and kitchen to maintain a safe, neat and clean environment.
- Ensure that laundry is completed and returned; help elders put laundry in closet/drawers.
- Maintain confidentiality in relation to all elders, co-workers and documentation.
- Answer phone.
- Participate in scheduled team meetings to set house standards, resolve conflicts, and improve the running of the house.
- Record appliance temperature into a log.
- Respond to inquiries from staff and elders and work as a team to ensure all needs are being met.
Qualifications:
- Certification: No certification required.
- Education: Current high school student or High School graduate, GED or equivalent experience and someone who has reached legal age to work.
- Experience: Preferred experience working with elders, cooking for a family or group of diners or experience with light housekeeping and laundry. No Previous work experience is required.
BENEFITS*
Health & Wellness
- Medical Insurance with free virtual doctor visits
- Vision & Dental Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional support
Financial Security
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO) that accrues immediately from day one
- Paid Holidays for a healthy work-life balance
- Access to DailyPay, enabling you to access up to 100% of your earned wages on a daily basis
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year for ANY field of study
- Tuition Discounts through exclusive partnerships with the University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College
- Employee-Sponsored Crisis Fund available for those facing unforeseen challenges
- Legal & Identity Theft Protection
Growth & Development
- University Partnerships with University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College for exclusive tuition discounts
- Multiple Partner Discounts available for various products and services through Access Perks
- Access to 1,000s of hours of personal and professional development material through RightNow Media @ Work
*Some benefits, including PTO and tuition reimbursement, are based on hours worked.
Why work for Otterbein
For more than 100 years, Otterbein has provided senior housing options rooted in respect and community. We’re a non-profit 501(c)(3) health and human service organization, so our values and initiatives are focused on serving our residents.
Otterbein SeniorLife consists of lifestyle communities, revolutionary small house neighborhoods, home health, and hospice care in Ohio and Indiana. We offer different lifestyle options for seniors through independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehab, memory support, respite care, in-home care, and hospice services.
Apply today and begin a meaningful career as a Household Assistant at Otterbein!