Honor Care Pro Job Description

Honor Care Pros provide non-medical services and assistance to Clients who, because of advanced age and/or physical disabilities, cannot perform these tasks.

Because of the nature of home care and the vulnerable and variable condition of our Clients, Honor cannot offer positions that do not require lifting and transferring. If you require an accommodation to perform lifting and transferring please notify us and we will evaluate whether it is possible to provide the accommodation.

Care Professional assists aging man in vestibule

Essential tasks include but are not limited to assisting clients with:

  • Bathing
  • Dressing
  • Feeding
  • Exercising
  • Personal hygiene
  • Grooming
  • Transferring
  • Ambulating
  • Positioning
  • Toileting and incontinence care
  • Assisting with self-administered medication
  • Housekeeping
  • Meal planning and prep
  • Laundry
  • Transportation
  • Shopping
  • Companionship

The physical requirements of the job include but are not limited to:

  • Assisting an adult from a lying position to a sitting position by lifting the adult safely
  • Assisting an adult who can bear some weight on their legs from a sitting position to a standing position by lifting safely and using
    proper body mechanics
  • Assisting an adult who can bear some weight on their legs from a standing to a sitting position by guiding them down and using proper body mechanics
  • Assisting an adult with reduced mobility in ambulating and transferring, including bearing some weight of the adult on the Care Pro’s arms or shoulders
  • Lifting a minimum of 50 pounds
  • Safely rolling and repositioning a prone adult from back to side and side to back
  • Lifting a wheelchair into a car or trunk
  • Pushing a wheelchair with an adult across uneven surfaces
  • Carrying objects, including small household appliances
  • Adjusting furniture and positioning where necessary to provide care
  • Working with clients in and around beds, including making beds

Frequent gestures involved in the job include but are not limited to:

  • Simple Grasping (both hands)
  • Power Grasping (both hands)
  • Fine Manipulation (both hands)
  • Pushing & Pulling (both hands)
  • Reaching (above shoulder level)
  • Reaching (below shoulder level)
  • Keyboarding on a phone with both hands
  • Sitting
  • Walking
  • Lifting
  • Bearing another adult’s weight on shoulders and arms
  • Standing
  • Bending (neck and waist)
  • Squatting
  • Climbing
  • Kneeling
  • Crawling
  • Twisting (neck and waist)