Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Provide Care with Skill and Heart – Dependable, Respectful, and Person-Centered?

This Role Is for You.

Rise & Shine is hiring a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to provide direct, hands-on support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. If you are compassionate, observant, and committed to helping people maintain their dignity, comfort, safety, and independence, this could be the meaningful role you have been looking for.

Working under the clinical direction of a Registered Nurse or other licensed medical professional, you will support individuals with daily care needs, monitor changes in their condition, document services accurately, and communicate closely with nursing and program leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Provide respectful, hands-on care. Assist individuals with activities of daily living, including bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, mobility, feeding, and personal hygiene while supporting their comfort, dignity, safety, independence, and personal choices.
• Monitor health and communicate concerns. Observe changes in physical condition, behavioral presentation, health status, safety, or care needs and report concerns promptly to the RN or supervisor. Assist with vital signs, basic health monitoring, and non-invasive care as directed by licensed nursing staff.
• Support safe mobility and daily routines. Assist with positioning, transfers, and mobility using proper body mechanics and established safety guidelines. Provide support during meals, appointments, community activities, and other person-centered routines as assigned.
• Follow individualized care plans. Provide support in accordance with Individual Support Plans, health care plans, nursing direction, agency policies, and other assigned care instructions.
• Document care accurately. Record care provided, observations, and required shift information in Therap or other designated systems within required timelines.
• Create a safe and supportive environment. Help maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming living environment while responding appropriately to urgent or emergency situations.
• Collaborate with the care team. Communicate respectfully with individuals, families, coworkers, nursing staff, program leadership, and outside providers while maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries.

What’s In It for You?

• Meaningful work that directly improves lives. Your care will help individuals feel safe, respected, comfortable, and supported in their daily lives.
• A collaborative, mission-driven environment. You will work alongside nursing staff, program leaders, Direct Support Professionals, and other care-team members who share a commitment to person-centered support.
• Opportunities to strengthen your skills. Rise & Shine provides required training, ongoing support, and opportunities to build experience working with individuals who have diverse health and support needs.
• A workplace that values compassionate care. We believe excellent care requires skill, accountability, patience, empathy, and respect for every individual we serve.

Employee-Owned Company

Rise & Shine Social Enterprise is proud to be an employee-owned company through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our employees play an important role in the success and future of our organization. Employee ownership means we are building more than a workplace—we are building a company together. Every team member contributes to our quality, culture, growth, and long-term success.

Employees become eligible to participate in the ESOP after one year of employment, subject to the terms and eligibility requirements of the plan. Eligible employees have the opportunity to share in the value created through the continued success and growth of Rise & Shine.