Hybrid Part-time Caregiver/Transporter [1132] at Texas Panhandle Centers

Position: Part-time Caregiver/Transporter [1132]

Program: Amarillo, Texas – Alternate Living

Salary: $16.55/hr.

Shift available: Part-time (Flexible hours Monday – Friday anytime between 8 am - 5 pm)

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
• The Transporter assists persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities by transporting them to and from medical, dental, and personal appointments
• The Transporter performs direct care for persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in residential, vehicle, and out of home environments for male or female residents
• The Caregiver will assist in training, preparing meals, feeding, bathing, toileting, medication administration and maintaining a safe and clean environment for the residents, and other duties associated with daily living
• Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and/or business standards defined in the code are compromised

Required qualifications to be successful in the job:

• No experience required
• High school diploma or GED; or three written professional letters of recommendation and the completion of competency tests
• One semester (12 credit hours) of accredited college work; or minimum of eighth grade reading comprehension level as evidenced by score on the Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE)
• Employees may be required to utilize their personal mobile phones for two-factor authentication (2FA). Full statement under Informational Documents: www.texaspanhandlecenters.org/careers 
• Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under agency vehicle policy  
• Must be 18 years of age or older

Preferred qualifications to be successful in the job:

• At least six (6) months of work experience of operating a motor vehicle with multiple passengers and experience in the human services field
• Some experience working with individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities
• Basic proficiency in the use of desktop/laptop computers
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

At TPC, passion and meaningful work are rewarded! We offer employees:

• Click here for TPC’s FY2026 Summary of Benefits
• Robust benefit offerings – Medical, Urgent Care visits for a low $10 co-pay, Dental, and Vision
• Employer paid life insurance (1.5 times employee’s salary)
• Staff automatically enrolled into a 457 Retirement Account at 1% of their annual salary. Employer Match 1% higher than employee’s contribution up to 6% in the 403 (b) or 457 Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid time off – PTO accrual, Holidays
• One (1) annual Mental Health Floating Holiday, one (1) annual Celebrate Diversity Floating Holiday, and one (1) annual A Day to Remember Floating Holiday available to staff after 90 days of employment
• Additional Supplemental Coverage available i.e. Disability, Accidental, Cancer, Critical Care, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Account Plan
• 501(c)(3) designation – you can apply the for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
• Teladoc – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to a medical provider free of charge via telephone or video
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to behavioral health, financial, and legal counseling in person or via telephone