SENIOR HOME SERVICE AIDE
Senior Home Service Aide is a competitive local-government title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
What it takes is 1 year of relevant experience.
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Senior Home Service Aide is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, provides homemaking services, which may include non-nursing child and/or adult care, meal planning, purchase and preparation of food; instructs clients on homemaking and home management skills; may guide and oversee Home Health Aides performing homemaking tasks; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Conducts a pre-service visit to the client's home to evaluate the situation, discuss services and identify a service plan.
- Conducts follow-up visits to determine the need for changes to the service plan.
- Provides and may oversee Home Health Aides providing homemaking services to clients which may include non-nursing child and/or adult care, meal planning, purchase and preparation of food.
- Performs and provides instruction in daily, routine housekeeping tasks.
- Instructs clients on homemaking and home management skills.
- Provides suggestions for the type and frequency of home services.
- May visit the Home Service Aide to evaluate progress.
- Notifies family and/or Home Service Aide of assignment changes.
- Notifies Social Service Worker of changes impacting the amount or type of services provided.
- May provide training and guidance to Home Service Aides.
- Maintains schedules and attendance records of in-home visits.
- May evaluate performance of Home Service Aides.
- Prepares reports as required.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
One (1) year of experience in providing homemaking services for a public or private agency.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the methods used to maintain an orderly household.
- Knowledge of the techniques used to plan and prepare meals.
- Ability to evaluate various household situations to identify the type of services needed.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with clients and co-workers.
- Ability to prepare reports and maintain records and schedules.
- Ability to provide guidance and instruction in routine housekeeping and other homemaking tasks.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.