Location: Hatfield, Welwyn, St Albans and Harpenden.
Salary: £14.50-£15.50
Hours: 6:45am – 3PM, 3PM - 10pm Monday – Friday and alternate weekends
We are currently recruiting for a Care & Support Worker to join our team at Caremark.
Caremark is an established and highly regarded home care provider offering home care, personal support, home help and companionship services. Caremark aims to deliver the highest standards of professional care and support to those in need and who choose to remain living in their own homes.
We want to encourage and promote the independence and safety of all our customers all of the time. We strive to ensure that a person’s values and rights such as dignity, beliefs and freedom of choice are respected at all times. We also aim to value our Care and Support Workers encouraging their development, skills and abilities.
What does the role involve?
You will be helping our customers to live their lives as independently as possible in their own homes while still supporting them to make their own choices. You will help them with their everyday living, which could include:
1. Personal Care – Support services with their care needs in line with their individual care plan. This could include aspects such as: supporting them to get dressed, supporting them to use the toilet, support with bathing, shaving, skin, hair, foot care and dental hygiene.
2. Daily Living – You will be assisting customers with going about their daily life. This could be through support with medication, preparing meals and helping the individual to keep well. Some examples of tasks that you may have to carry out are prompting/administration of medication, meal planning and preparation, assisting with eating and drinking, helping individuals with reduced mobility to move around, along with other life skills such as laundry, tidying and cooking.
3. Community – You may have to accompany customers accessing the community and attending their chosen activities in line with their personal care and support plan. Some examples are shopping, leisure activities, exercising, and attending medical and other appointments. This can include liaising with health care professionals.
4. Companionship – You will be building professional relationships with customers, assisting them with their emotional, social and spiritual needs whilst encouraging independence and choice.
You will be responsible for supporting the Field Care Supervisor to implement field-based quality control systems and providing support to all Care & Support Workers within a defined area.
Responsibilities include:
1. Monitoring, supervising and mentoring all Care & Support Workers in the field.
2. Providing support to all Care & Support Workers in the field.
3. Monitoring all customers for service and Care & Support Worker satisfaction.
4. Ensuring accuracy and completeness of all documentation held in customers’ homes.
5. Encouraging and identifying opportunities for Care & Support Workers continuing professional development.
6. Ensuring that all written reports and administration is up to date.
Candidate Requirements
1. Ideally NVQ/QCF level 2 / 3 in Health & Social Care.
2. At least 1 year experience working for a Domiciliary/home care Agency.
3. Organised, methodical, and a good eye for detail.
4. Being flexible around working schedules, roles and responsibilities.
5. Being a team player and a people person is extremely crucial to this role.
Here’s what we can offer you:
1. Guaranteed Hours (For reassurance of a regular wage)
2. Local work
3. 1.5 times of weekday pay on bank holidays
4. Full free training provided
5. Career Development (NVQ Level training available)
6. Free uniform and PPE provided
7. Bonus scheme for recommending a friend
8. Pension scheme
9. Opportunity to complete Care Certificate
10. Exceptional support from our office staff and existing care assistants
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