Personal care: assist with personal hygiene, dressing, assistance with using the toilet, assistance with incontinence inc. pads, commodes, and catheter bags
Support with eating and drinking: ensuring that clients are encouraged to eat a healthy, balanced diet in the correct quantities, that prepared meals look appetising and mealtimes are a pleasant experience, and safe, for the client
Assisting with shopping: this is completed at the client's request and a finance form with a receipt must be completed
Assist with mobility: use of a hoist or other aids, assistance in standing and movement
Dressing or assisting with any physical activity whereby the client's needs support
Companionship care
Building relationships with clients, their families, and friends
Food preparation
Housekeeping/ light domestic duties
Support with medication
Taking clients for appointments or outings
Shopping or ordering food deliveries
Laundry and ironing
Engage with clients' pastimes and hobbies
Record keeping: eMAR chart (for medication), updating notes on our software app (recording each visit to communicate to the next carer)
Role Requirements:
To provide quality care for people in their own homes
Minimum 1-year experience is required
Passion for making a difference to individuals in their own homes
Ability to prioritise workloads
Reliable and flexible
You must have excellent communications skills and the ability to build relationships with those we support and those around them
Ability to be patient and keep calm under pressure
Due to nature of the job, driving is essential for this role
A caring nature and passion to make a real difference to someone's life
Ability to work as part of a team supporting each other when necessary
Flexibility, reliability, hard work and honesty.
Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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