Start a Career Working with Adults with Disabilities in Arlington, VA
Wall Residences is hiring residential care providers as independent contractors.
Join Wall Residence’s Family of At-Home Caregivers
Adults with disabilities have unique sets of needs that are often best served in a steady and compassionate residential setting. Wall Residences is hiring caregivers to house and support individuals with heightened needs.
Are you looking for a job that allows you to make a difference in someone’s life? Do you have a passion for helping others?
Wall Residences is expanding our network of Residential Care Providers in Northern Virginia. In this role you would be given the opportunity to provide care for 1-2 adults with disabilities from your home.
This residential and person-first care model gives providers and the individuals they serve the absolute best quality of life possible. You are able to pursue a healthy work-life balance while providing infinite opportunities for adults with disabilities.
Caring for individuals from your home gives them a safe and healthy environment to become more independent and confident. Your support is supplemented by backup workers, RN staff, and counselors.
Each provider works as an independent contractor with comfortable pay based on experience and the individual’s support needs. Your training is offered by Wall Residences and our team handles the placement of individuals in your home for you.
If you’re looking to change your career and open your home to others, you could be an excellent fit for our team of Residential Care Providers.
Understanding Overnight and At-Home Caregiving
As a Residential Care Provider, you will be tasked with providing companionship and support for adults with disabilities.
One to two individuals will be matched with you and live in your home full-time. These matches are carefully made to ensure the best fit for everyone involved. This sees to it that you are always working with people whose needs match your skill set.
Many providers and residents build family-like relationships with strong bonds that last for years.
As a live-in caregiver your typical duties can include:
- Helping individuals with non-medical care
- Providing supervision and safety measures
- Preparing meals or assisting with meals
- Visiting public places and exploring Arlington
- Some of our favorites spots are Gravelly Point Park, The Mount Vernon Trail, the Arlington Cinema, and the Museum of Contemporary Arts Arlington.
- Participating in community activities and volunteer work
- Documenting your resident’s progress
- Booking medical appointments
- Providing transportation
- Recreating and exercising
- Assisting with shopping
Who you’ll work with as a Sponsored Residential Provider
Adults with Disabilities
Residential Care Providers are given the opportunity to work with individuals who have a large range of disabilities and/or dual diagnosed mental health conditions such as:
- Mild, moderate, severe, or profound cognitive limitation
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and other physical disabilities
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Major Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar Disorder
Wall Residences takes your experiences into account when placing an individual in your home. You will always be paired with a resident whose needs you are able to meet.
Backup Workers
Caring for another person takes a village. That’s why you will get the chance to hire backup workers to assist you when needed.
Wall Residences wants to make sure you have a positive work-life balance, which is why all providers are required to have designated backup staff before starting residential care. This alleviates possible stressors of finding backup help later on and provides a consistent team of caregivers for the individuals living in your home.
Your Family
In addition to backup workers, many households work as a unit to offer residential care to adults with disabilities. Wall Residences partners with many couples or families who work together as residential providers.
It is not necessary or a requirement to work as a household, but many providers prefer this approach.
Nursing Staff
Wall Residences works with experienced RN staff to provide oversight of medical care and medication management.
Wall Residences
Before Wall Residences helped introduce residential care in Virginia in 1995, many adults with disabilities had very few options. They either needed to live with family or they were sent to live in institutions. These institutions did not offer the person-first and compassionate care that is so crucial for every individual.
Our goal is to maintain statewide availability for excellent semi-permanent living situations for adults with disabilities. Providers are essential to this goal. You will receive support from the application to training and through your resident’s time with you.
Wall Residences works to provide your training, answer questions, explain your contract, and pair you with individuals seeking a home.
Ready to Start a Life-Changing Job?
Our team is here to help you through the application, hiring, and training process. Take the next steps towards a meaningful and engaging career.
Residential Care Providers make a life-long positive impact on the people they care for and work with. Your new career not only offers an improved lifestyle for you, but also for the adults with disabilities in your care. Contact us to begin your journey towards becoming a provider in Arlington, Virginia.
Get in Touch
We look forward to speaking with you about your needs and connecting you to the right service.
Sponsored Residential Care Provider FAQ
Fill out the Provider application found on the Become a Provider page. We encourage those interested in becoming a Provider to attend one of our bi-monthly online Provider Interest Webinars.
You can learn more about the job opening at our provider orientation sessions. These are typically held twice a month.
Wall Residences helps new providers prepare for their role with part-time training. During this time, many soon-to-be providers keep working their current job.
When an adult with disabilities seeks residential support through Wall Residences our team pairs them with available residential providers that can meet their needs.
It is hard to estimate how long it will take for an individual to be matched to your home. The timeline is based on new residents joining the program or residents moving from another provider’s home.
Wall Residences makes sure that your skill set and abilities match the needs of the adults with disabilities coming to live in your home. Your wait time will vary depending on the unique needs of the individuals waiting for residential support.
When matches are made, they are intended to last for a long time. This allows for you and the adults with disabilities you care for to have more stability.
Once an individual is eligible for your home, you’ll receive a notification prior to them moving in.
The following skills are desired:
- Previous work with individuals with disabilities in a regulated environment (at least 6 months)
- Ability to complete documentation (training is provided)
- Ability to use a computer
- Understanding of “person-centered” support
We are especially in need of providers with these skills:
- LPN / RN
- Ability to use and understand sign language
- Experience supporting individuals with significant behavioral challenges
- Accessible homes for individuals who utilize wheelchairs
The Wall Residences team includes many former foster parents/foster care workers, nurses, and social workers who made the transition into caring for adults with disabilities.
We are also interested in hiring residential care providers with experience in the following fields:
- Teaching and Education
- Military Service
- Mental Health Care
Every provider enters their role with a different level of experience. Wall Residences works with you to provide the training needed to confidently work with adults with disabilities. You’ll get the chance to partner with our helpful and compassionate team for a well-guided career transition.
If you haven’t previously cared for adults with disabilities, you may be given the opportunity to work as a backup for another provider. This requirement ensures you are fully prepared to offer residential care ahead of opening your home to individuals.
Starting as a backup worker gives you time to learn Wall Residences’ policies, procedures, and documentation requirements. Most importantly you will get to work with adults with disabilities in a residential environment.
You can transfer training paperwork as long as you include the certificate from the class including the instructor’s signature, date the class was taken, and the training expiration date. If documents showing previous TB screenings are provided and there has been no disruption in care then this is also transferable.
Wall Residences makes becoming a provider more accessible by offering a lot of the training courses you need to start as a provider.
You can access our training calendar to find the upcoming courses you need. You can sign up for classes by contacting the program manager you’re working with or the training department.
Providers also need First Aid and CPR certifications which can be obtained through the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Qualified applicants will be asked for a home visit, resume, references, background checks, and emergency plans.