Description
Provide basic personal care and daily living support to clients in homes, community settings, or care facilities under the supervision of licensed professionals or a care coordinator. Duties include monitoring health and safety, assisting with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, mobility, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and supporting transport and companionship. May provide medication reminders and perform simple, noninvasive health-related tasks as outlined in the care plan.
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Service Orientation
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Health Services
- • Medicine and Dentistry
- • Therapy and Counseling
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
Related specializations
Interview options
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Interview time
Related Pathways
Healthcare & Human Services
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
