Trauma informed caregiver

Trauma-Informed Caregiver | Upper West Side (Part-Time, $30/hr)

Seeking an experienced, trauma-informed female caregiver to support a 38yo woman with cPTSD and chronic illness in her home.

The work: Co-regulation and grounding, helping her stay calm and de-escalating panic as it builds. Some excellent skills are Somatic regulation, grounding touch, guided meditation, active listening, and holding space for grief and fear.

About her: After a chiropractic injury, she now lives with cranial cervical instability, Lyme, and severe PMDD. Mostly housebound, with limited use of her arms. Formerly a performing artist and holistic chef, she is warm, creative, and still very much herself. Responds best to maternal kindness, present compassionate, authentic.

You are: Genuinely experienced with trauma and have tools that you bring from your own training and experience. Self-regulated and steady when things get hard. Consistent, warm, proactive, assertive. Someone who can be a friend and believes she will heal.

Great fits: peer support specialists, behavioral health techs, somatic practitioners, doulas, counseling/social work students or other

Details: Part time, $30/hr starting, DOE. Interviewing now.

Pay: From $30.00 per hour

Work Location: In person