home care worker
Responsibility
- full support and training can be offered to those without experience
- car drivers and those with NVQ/DIP in social care preferred
- staff who hold level 3 NVQ/Dip receive an enhanced rate of £11.35 p/h
Show more +21 - purpose of position
- to provide personal care and support to people in their own homes in line with an agreed care and support plan
- first Call Healthcare are seeking caring and compassionate Support Workers to deliver outstanding care and support to our clients who wish to remain within their own home, in Gateshead including Bensham, Low fell, Winlaton and Blaydon and surrounding areas
- to care for service users in non-discriminatory ways, respecting each user’s dignity, individuality, cultural and social background, and independence
- ideally, you will have care experience and a sound knowledge of what it takes to make a difference to our clients by delivering the highest quality of care
- to work in partnership with users’ family members and friends who participate in their care and support
- contribute to specialised care plans, e.g., for people with dementia, re-enablement, or people with continence difficulties
- to contribute to individual wellbeing
- help users take their prescribed medication
- to be familiar with the service’s safeguarding policy and procedures and ensure that it is always implemented
- help with their activities of daily living, e.g., getting up in the morning, going to bed at nights, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and toilet arrangements
- contribute as needed to a person’s end-of-life care
- help service users overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use and care of aids and personal equipment
- help make a person physically comfortable by, e.g., making and changing beds, tidying rooms, doing light cleaning, laundry and emptying commodes where used
- to work with other staff employed by the service and where involved with staff from other services in order to provide an integrated approach to people’s health and care
- help with their eating and drinking by, e.g., preparing meals, snacks and drinks and helping users to eat and drink if they cannot or have difficulty in doing this by themselves
- read and write reports, and take part in staff and service users’ meetings and in training activities as directed
- report to the service manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a service user
- perform such other duties as may reasonably be required
- contribute to the care of service users who are temporarily sick and needing, e.g., minor dressings, bed nursing, help with feeding, etc
- encourage and enable service users to remain as independent as possible
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