Experienced Caregiver/Home Health Aide
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Senior Helpers - Fort Collins
Laporte, CO, US
Summary
Caregivers provide essential personal care and companionship to older adults to help them maintain independence at home. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living tasks, monitoring client health, and maintaining accurate documentation of care.
Job Description
Caregiver/Home Health Aide
Senior Helpers - Fort Collins 3101 Kintzley Ct Unit J, LaPorte, CO Part Time
Make every day meaningful—for you and for someone else.
At Senior Helpers, our caregivers create daily moments of connection that help older adults stay safe, supported, and independent at home. As a Senior Helpers Caregiver, you’ll use your skills, empathy, and professionalism to deliver consistent, high-quality care that strengthens the lives of our clients and their families.
We are seeking dependable, CNA-level experienced caregivers who can confidently support clients throughout Fort Collins and the surrounding areas.
What You’ll Do:
As a Senior Helpers Caregiver, you will consistently demonstrate behaviors that promote dignity, independence, and trust. On a typical day, you will:
Build meaningful relationships
- Initiate friendly, engaging conversations that make clients feel heard and valued.
- Participate in clients’ preferred activities—such as gardening, scrapbooking, or playing games—to encourage social engagement.
Support daily living with professionalism
- Assist clients with walking, dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, and other personal care tasks while maintaining their comfort and safety.
- Prepare simple, nutritious meals and support safe eating routines.
Promote safety and independence
- Observe clients’ mobility, behavior, and physical or cognitive changes and report concerns promptly through our communication app.
- Follow care plans accurately and adjust your approach to meet each client's daily needs.
Maintain accurate documentation
- Use the electronic caregiver mobile app to clock in/out, record completed tasks, and update client notes in a timely and detailed manner.
Contribute to a positive team environment
- Communicate clearly with families, supervisors, and team members to ensure continuity of care.
- Respond to schedule updates and care plan changes with professionalism and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
You will be expected to demonstrate these behaviors consistently:
Personal Care
- Provide safe assistance with bathing, mobility, transfers, positioning, toileting, grooming, oral hygiene, medication reminders, feeding, and dressing.
- Assist clients with all care plan ADLs and IADLs
- Safely transfer and position clients, including repositioning a client in an occupied bed
- Provide care for hospice clients and clients at end of life
- Support clients with a variety of diagnoses, including Parkinson’s disease, dementia, stroke, and ALS
- Observe, document, and report changes in physical or mental condition to supervisors immediately
- Provide companionship and protective oversight
- Transport clients safely by vehicle
- Must be available for at least 15 to 20 hours a week to take on client shifts
Companionship & Household Support
- Engage clients in conversation and recreation.
- Prepare light meals, perform light housekeeping, manage laundry, assist with shopping and errands, and provide incidental transportation.
- Help clients maintain an organized and comfortable home environment.
Why You’ll Love Working With Senior Helpers
We value and support our caregivers through:
- Great Place to Work® Certification: 91% of employees say Senior Helpers is a great place to work.
- Growth Opportunities: Access ongoing training to strengthen personal care skills, communication skills, and career development.
- Work/Life Balance: We collaborate with caregivers to create schedules that support their needs.
- Strong Team Culture: You’ll be part of a team that provides guidance, encouragement, and recognition.
- Meaningful Impact: You directly influence the quality of life for clients and provide peace of mind to their families.
- Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least one year of professional CNA-level caregiving experience.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Legal identification and authorization to work in the U.S.
- Reliable transportation and punctuality for scheduled shifts.
- Ability to use a smartphone for electronic scheduling, communication, and documentation.
Who We Are
Senior Helpers provides non-medical, in-home support to help older adults age with dignity and independence. We specialize in personal care, companion care, transitional care, respite care, Alzheimer’s and dementia support, Parkinson’s care, and more. Our team is guided by strong core values and a commitment to raising the standard of home care in our communities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws
Senior Helpers Northern Colorado & Wyoming proudly serves all of Larimer and Weld Counties, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, Longmont and Estes Park, as well as the greater Cheyenne, WY, area. We provide professional and compassionate in-home care so that our seniors can age in place. Whether your family needs us for a few hours or around the clock, we will always provide the kind of quality and responsive care that lets your loved one enjoy living independently at home. From light housekeeping and errands to bathing/showering and other personal care needs, we are there when you need us. We specialize in Alzheimer's and Dementia care, as well as Parkinson's Disease care, and are proud to partner with Teepa Snow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation in these areas.
Our Focus:
- Dependable Service
- Continuity of Caregivers
- Peace of Mind for the Family
- Quality of Life for the Client
- Independent Living in the Home
Services:
- Companionship & Homemaking
- Personal Care
- Peace of Mind Visits
- Transition Assistance
- Sitter Assistance
- Respite Care
- Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
Our Process:
We have a professional, process-oriented staff ready to serve our clients and their families.
When a prospective client contacts a Senior Helpers office, we set up a complimentary initial assessment at the client’s location to discuss the client’s needs and formulate a care plan. If necessary, a staff member will conduct a full nursing assessment to gauge the client’s status and clarify the care plan.
We determine the most appropriate caregiver for the client using the assessment information and the caregiver matching process. Service starts on the pre-determined date. Follow-up is conducted immediately after service begins and on a periodic basis to ensure excellent care delivery.
Founded
2017
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
LaPorte, Colorado
Senior Helpers Northern Colorado & Wyoming proudly serves all of Larimer and Weld Counties, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, Longmont and Estes Park, as well as the greater Cheyenne, WY, area. We provide professional and compassionate in-home care so that our seniors can age in place. Whether your family needs us for a few hours or around the clock, we will always provide the kind of quality and responsive care that lets your loved one enjoy living independently at home. From light housekeeping and errands to bathing/showering and other personal care needs, we are there when you need us. We specialize in Alzheimer's and Dementia care, as well as Parkinson's Disease care, and are proud to partner with Teepa Snow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation in these areas.
Our Focus:
- Dependable Service
- Continuity of Caregivers
- Peace of Mind for the Family
- Quality of Life for the Client
- Independent Living in the Home
Services:
- Companionship & Homemaking
- Personal Care
- Peace of Mind Visits
- Transition Assistance
- Sitter Assistance
- Respite Care
- Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
Our Process:
We have a professional, process-oriented staff ready to serve our clients and their families.
When a prospective client contacts a Senior Helpers office, we set up a complimentary initial assessment at the client’s location to discuss the client’s needs and formulate a care plan. If necessary, a staff member will conduct a full nursing assessment to gauge the client’s status and clarify the care plan.
We determine the most appropriate caregiver for the client using the assessment information and the caregiver matching process. Service starts on the pre-determined date. Follow-up is conducted immediately after service begins and on a periodic basis to ensure excellent care delivery.
Founded
2017
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
LaPorte, Colorado