Care assistant for senior — Bonn

Eurokontakt; Bonn; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurokontakt in Bonn seeks a compassionate care assistant to support a bedridden senior at home. The role focuses on personal hygiene, dressing, mobility assistance, and incontinence care, with emphasis on patience for limited speech and intimate care tasks.

The position involves daytime hours with no night shifts, and the residence is barrier-free. A nursing service visits, and a private room with a bathroom is available, ensuring a stable home environment.

Qualifications

• German language skills at communicative level.
• Experience caring for bedridden or limited-mobility people.
• Confidence in supporting safe transfers.
• Willingness to help with intimate hygiene and incontinence care.
• Patience and empathy with a person with limited speech.
• Non-smoker inside the home.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal hygiene and dressing.
• Help with mobility and transfers.
• Assist with incontinence care, including intimate hygiene.

Skills

German language

Bedridden care

Safe transfers

Intimate hygiene

Patience

Non-smoker

Job description

We are looking for a care assistant for a senior living in Bonn. The assignment starts on 10.12.2026. The senior needs comprehensive care: he cannot sit up on his own, needs full support during transfers and currently spends most of his time in bed. A care bed, wheelchair and rollator are available.

Duties include support with personal hygiene and dressing, help with mobility and assistance with incontinence care, including intimate hygiene and changing aids. The senior has significant difficulties speaking, so patience and empathy are important. A nursing service also visits. There are no night shifts. The care assistant receives 2 hours of free time per day.

The senior's wife also lives in the house and does not need care. A lockable room with a window, bed and wardrobe is provided; a private bathroom in the basement is available on request. The house is barrier-free and has internet. There are no pets. Smoking is allowed only outside the living area. Shops and doctors are not within walking distance; a bicycle is available. A cleaning service visits the house.

The duration will be agreed in a personal conversation.

Requirements

• German language skills at communicative level
• Experience caring for bedridden or limited-mobility people
• Confidence in supporting safe transfers
• Willingness to help with intimate hygiene and incontinence care
• Patience and empathy with a person who has difficulty speaking
• Non-smoker inside the home

• German language skills at communicative level
• Experience caring for bedridden or limited-mobility people
• Confidence in supporting safe transfers
• Willingness to help with intimate hygiene and incontinence care
• Patience and empathy with a person who has difficulty speaking
• Non-smoker inside the home