Senior Care Worker

Role Overview & Responsibilities

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About Us:

We are a leading provider of quality care services for individuals who require assistance in their daily lives. Our goal is to provide a comfortable, safe, and supportive environment for our clients, allowing them to maintain their independence and quality of life. Our services include Domiciliary care, Supported living and Live-in Care.

Caring Hearts and Hands is your trusted partner in providing compassionate and personalised care services to seniors, disabled individuals, and anyone who needs assistance with their daily living activities.

Our team of compassionate and dedicated caregivers are trained to provide a range of care services, including personal care, medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, and companionship. We are committed to providing a high-quality service that promotes independence, dignity, and respect for our clients.

Purpose of Position:

To share with other staff in meeting the personal care needs of clients in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence. To help in the care of the service users' physical environment and in the general day-to-day activities of the activities of the service user. To take delegated responsibilities in the charge of service users under your care, to the appropriate level.

Responsibilities:

• Assist service users with their personal care needs, eg with dressing, undressing, bathing and toilet.
• Help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities such as incontinence, help in the care and use of aids and personal equipment.
• Help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of service users through talking to them, taking them out and sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreations.
• Make and change beds, tidy rooms and do light cleaning.
• Inspect, launder and mend service users clothing.
• Serve meals; assist service users at meal times if required; wash up utensils.
• Answer emergency bells, the door and the telephone; greet visitors.
• Read and write reports in case notes.
• Take part in staff meetings.
• Assist a senior member of staff who has been assessed as competent with medication administration.

Requirements:

• 1 year experience of senior care experience.
• NVQ2 required, NVQ3 preferred

The successful candidate should be hardworking, kind and passionate about providing individualised care. You must take pride in your work and have a supportive and positive attitude so that the service users feel dignified, safe and cared for.

If you feel your the candidate we are looking for then click 'apply now' and attache an updated reference along with your cover letter.

Job Types: Temp to perm, Zero hours contract

Salary: £10.42-£11.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• providing care (preferred)
• supervisory (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: On the road

Application deadline: 25/04/2023
Reference ID: 6146
Expected start date: 25/04/2023