Group home worker vs residential program worker

Differences between group home worker and residential program worker duties and responsibilities

Group home worker example responsibilities.

• Provide companionship, socialization and emotional support.
• Provide transportation to medical appointments and transfer patients in and out of wheelchairs
• Experience working with the elderly, Alzheimer's or dementia patients.
• Maintain the living areas by cleaning, doing laundry, and shopping for groceries.
• Plan meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding, and clean-up.
• Assist and redirect clients with ADL skills, transport clients to daily activities, and focuse on documentation.
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Residential program worker example responsibilities.

• Serve as primary service provider/trainer for developmentally disable consumers as assigned to achieve functioning independence in self help and ADL 's
• Provide assistance with ADL's, escort on medical appointments, goal training, community activity planning ,
• Train in medication administration as well as CPR certification.
• Supervise and train other rehabilitation workers to ensure quality implementation of QSAC's principles.
• Provide appropriate written documentation concerning delivery of services to patients and their progress towards treatment goals.
• Provide mentally impair and/or emotionally disturb patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological and rehabilitation care.
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