Care Partner / Caregiver
Highgate Senior Living
- Bellingham, WA
- $17.00-21.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Good customer service skills, the ability to intuit, and problem solve
- Patience, level headedness, and compassion
- Ability to pivot, change direction and accomplish tasks with innovative approaches
- Background in working with different types of people with different ability levels
- Team player with ability to develop strong working relationships
- Ability to take feedback and incorporate it into your efforts
- An understanding of what it takes to provide care to residents that need physical and/or cognitive support
- Comfortable to adapt quickly to the changing needs of an older adult
- An understanding or the willingness to gain an understanding of the various forms of dementia and how residents with dementia can continue live with purpose
- Prior experience working in an assisted living community or memory care community
- Jobs or volunteer assignments that have given you opportunities to provide care for someone
- Other hospitality or healthcare related experience
- Experience in customer service
- Roles in which you have been a multi-tasker
- Opportunities from your past where you have demonstrated kindness, patience, and compassion to varying groups and individuals
- Volunteer work involving vulnerable groups