Care Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

To provide a Service of Care to service users to enable them to lead as independent a lifestyle as possible. This Care Service will involve a programme of personal care and household management that is personalised for each service user in the form of a Care Plan.

Care duties will therefore include assisting the service user with the following activities and in so doing will at all times observe and respect the service users’s dignity, privacy and independence as far as practical.

Personal Care:

· Dressing and undressing / preparing the service user for Day Care or trips out.

· Washing / bathing / showering / shaving / grooming / cleaning teeth. · Hair care (washing / brushing). · Nail care (fingernails only).

· Toileting and all aspects of personal hygiene.

· Continence management.

· Getting in and out of bed.

· Assisting with the use of Aids to Daily Living / Rehabilitation Aids, as required.

· Helping with rehabilitation programmes, as prescribed by Healthcare professionals.

· Day / evening / night sitting services, as required.

· Preparation of snacks and meals according to the service user’s likes / dislikes.

· Assisting with feeding, as required.

· General cleaning duties, to include cleaning / dusting / vacuuming / polishing.

· Bed-making.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship
Part-time hours: 40 per week

Salary: £23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay
• Loyalty bonus
• Performance bonus

Application question(s):

• Have you had the covid vaccination and if not are you willing to get it?

Work Location: In person