Job Description

Job Description: Care Worker

Location: London Borough of Hillingdon and surrounding areas

Reports to: Field Liaison Supervisor / Service Manager

Shift Pattern: 7:00 to 14:00 & 15:00 to 22:00; alternative weekends

We are providing essential care to the elderly and vulnerable adults across the London Borough of Hillingdon. This is a really rewarding key worker role, which offers a real feel good factor, whilst offering a flexible working pattern and opportunities to progress your career in a secure and fast growing industry sector.

Due to continued expansion, we are looking for care workers who are truly passionate about delivering high quality care to vulnerable adults within the community. It is necessary for you to have a background in care, we are also looking for individuals with empathy, compassion, creativity and commitment and those who genuinely want to make a positive difference to other people's lives. You will deliver a time-limited support to our service users in their own homes for up to six weeks. In addition to meeting the clients needs,to try to,as far as practicable, prevent unnecessary admission to hospital or residential care. You are required to provide personal care and light domestic duties to vulnerable adults/elderly.

Key responsibilities will include; but not be limited to:

• To providing service users with the appropriate level of care, re-ablement learning guidance and directions in daily living activities in accordance with their re-ablement plan.
• To provide support to service users with daily living tasks as they develop their own independence as part of the re-ablement programme.
• To be a trusted assessor reviewing the need for simple equipment to support re-ablement programme to maximise an individuals independence.
• To refer to the Re-ablement Assessor for specialist input and review of the service users progress and plan as required
• To maintain the service users dignity, choice and control at all times and escalate immediately any concerns e.g. safeguarding, neglect
• Support service users to take their medication
• Accurately keeping daily records
• Assisting with personal care to both male and female service users.

Requirements:

• Good verbal communication skills
• Written standard of written English
• Commitment, enthusiasm, flexibility, professionalism
• To have knowledge of personal care requirements of users, and the ability to provide efficient effective personal and physical care to service users.
• Experience in care required
• Good problem-solving skills and a solution focused approach
• Positive and friendly nature, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Being able to effectively manage GPS and navigation system in order to provide community care
• Full UK driving license and car essential.

Benefits:

• Flexible working patterns: 35 hours contracted – Variable Hours Contract, shift work (Permanent & Contract)
• Block shift payment.
• Competitive Salary Structure overtime available
• Business mileage paid
• Full Paid Training Offered – with on-going training and Learning & Development.
• Key Worker Letter/ID Badge issued
• Full P.P.E. Provided to all workers
• Career Progression Available
• Fully Expensed DBS Disclosure Form provided by the company

This role offers successful candidates an immediate start, long term job security and the opportunities to progress in to management and Head Office roles for employees who are effective in these roles. xbpsjku Feel free to give us a call to have an informal chat and to find out more about the role and set yourself on a pathway to a successful new career.