Why You Should Work as a Professional Caregiver

If you’re a compassionate, dedicated, and hard-working individual looking for a new career path, consider working as a professional caregiver with Visiting Angels.

Rewarding work

Working as a professional caregiver takes a lot of hard work, but it’s also one of the most rewarding positions. As a professional caregiver, you’re responsible for helping clients with daily living activities, such as housekeeping, meal preparation, and medication reminders. On the surface, these tasks may not seem significant, but without your help, many clients wouldn’t be able to live safely and comfortably at home. 

Not only are your physical acts of caregiving essential for clients but your presence and companionship can also play a major role in improving the well-being of your clients. According to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), nearly one-fourth of adults 65 and older are socially isolated. And being socially isolated is more than being alone. Not having human connections in a person’s life can impact their health and increase their risk of health concerns like dementia, depression, and heart disease. 

Build life-long skills

Working as a professional caregiver will help you build numerous life-long skills such as communication, time management, and critical thinking. 

• Communication: Your ability to effectively communicate with clients is essential to building a trusting relationship. Strong communication skills mean you know how to empathize and connect with another individual so they understand the information you’re sharing. Communication is also about listening to your clients and ensuring they feel heard. 
• Time management: Clients depend on you as a professional caregiver, and it’s important for you to manage your time successfully. Good time management includes showing up to work on time, ensuring clients make their appointments, and completing all daily tasks for your clients within your shift. 
• Critical thinking: There is no standard day-to-day working as a professional caregiver, which means sometimes, you’ll need to think on your feet to make quick decisions about your client’s care. Caregiving will help you build your critical thinking skills, allowing you to assess situations better and develop solutions. 

Have control of your schedule 

Finding the perfect work-life balance is one of the top priorities for many working individuals. At Visiting Angels, we understand wanting to have control of your schedule, which is why we offer flexible scheduling with part-time and full-time shifts. 

When we hire a caregiver, we work with them to create a schedule that makes sense for their life. If you need mornings off to see your children to school, we can find clients who need afternoon or night assistance. Or, if you want to work with clients early in the morning so you can attend classes at night, we can set you up with early-rising seniors. 

Ready to start your caregiving career?

The Visiting Angels team would love to connect if professional caregiving sounds like a good career fit for you. As a locally owned and operated home care agency, we care about providing at-home support to seniors within our community and the caregivers who work with us. All our caregivers receive competitive pay, flexible scheduling, bonus opportunities, paid training, paid time off, reimbursable mileage, and one-on-one client interactions.

Our Southwest Colorado office is looking to hire part-time and full-time caregivers to assist clients in Pagosa Springs, Cortez, Alamosa, San Luis Valley, and Durango. Send us your application online, or if you want to learn more about career opportunities with Visiting Angels, message us.