Honor Care Pro Job Description
Honor Care Pros provide non-medical services and assistance to Clients who, because of advanced age and/or physical or cognitive disabilities, cannot perform standard activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing or ambulating, and who may require supervision because of cognitive impairment. Honor requires all Care Pros meet all the physical and mental job requirements outlined below.
Care Pros are usually alone with the client in the client’s residence during care, meaning that there are no backup resources available to respond to client needs as they arise. For this reason, and because of the vulnerable and variable condition of our clients, Honor cannot offer positions that do not require performance of the essential tasks and compliance with the physical and mental job descriptions as outlined below.
Additionally, Care Pros must disclose the use of any medication or drugs that may cause a risk of harm to yourself or to others in performing your job duties, including causing dizziness, drowsiness, slurred speech, etc.
If you require an accommodation to perform any of the essential tasks or physical or mental job requirements outlined below, please notify us at accommodations@honorcare.com and we will evaluate whether it is possible to provide the accommodation.
- Bathing
- Dressing
- Feeding
- Exercising
- Personal hygiene
- Grooming
- Transferring
- Ambulating
- Positioning
- Toileting and incontinence care
- Assisting with self-administered medication
- Housekeeping
- Meal planning and prep
- Laundry
- Transportation
- Shopping
- Companionship
- Supervision
The physical requirements of the job include but are not limited to:
- Assisting an adult from a lying position to a sitting position by lifting the adult safely
- Assisting an adult who can bear some weight on their legs from a sitting position to a standing position by lifting safely and using
proper body mechanics - Assisting an adult who can bear some weight on their legs from a standing to a sitting position by guiding them down and using proper body mechanics
- Assisting an adult with reduced mobility in ambulating and transferring, including bearing some weight of the adult on the Care Pro’s arms or shoulders
- Lifting a minimum of 50 pounds
- Ambulating without assistive devices, including up and down stairs
- Safely rolling and repositioning a prone adult from back to side and side to back
- Lifting a wheelchair into a car or trunk
- Pushing a wheelchair with an adult across uneven surfaces
- Carrying objects, including small household appliances
- Adjusting furniture and positioning where necessary to provide care
- Working with clients in and around beds, including making beds
Frequent gestures involved in the job include but are not limited to:
- Simple Grasping (both hands)
- Power Grasping (both hands)
- Fine Manipulation (both hands)
- Pushing & Pulling (both hands)
- Reaching (above shoulder level)
- Reaching (below shoulder level)
- Keyboarding on a phone with both hands
- Sitting
- Walking
- Lifting
- Bearing another adult’s weight on shoulders and arms
- Standing
- Bending (neck and waist)
- Squatting
- Climbing
- Kneeling
- Crawling
- Twisting (neck and waist)
Honor Care Pro Mental Job Requirements
- Remain alert, engaged and present with the client throughout multi-hour visits
- Have basic English speaking, reading, and writing abilities (bilingual or multilingual individuals are encouraged to apply)
- Ability to function well in emergency or stressful situations
- Candidates must be able to clearly hear their clients, to effectively understand and address their needs, even when clients are not in their direct line of sight.
