Assistant Care Worker Tanzania

Chiltern Support and Housing; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in High Wycombe seeks individuals to assist service users with personal care, daily activities, and general housekeeping, emphasizing infection control. No formal qualifications are required, but relevant care experience is preferred. Training opportunities are provided. Join us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Qualifications

• 18 years old minimum requirement.
• Experience in a care environment is essential.
• Registration with appropriate statutory body may be required.

Responsibilities

• Assist service users with dressing, washing, and bathing.
• Monitor housekeeping duties and infection control.
• Serve meals and assist with feeding as necessary.
• Provide comfort and engage in activities with service users.
• Help with daily activities like letter writing and bill payments.
• Perform light cleaning and meal preparation.
• Monitor conditions of service users and maintain records.
• Collaborate with professional staff to implement care plans.

Education

NVQ/SVQ in care

Job description

Overview

Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe; monitoring that general housekeeping e.g., cooking, shopping, domestic duties etc, and helping service users to maintain all aspects of their domestic lives with the emphasis on infection control in light of Covid 19 pandemic and any other Public Health initiatives as per the need.

Responsibilities

• Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.
• Monitors general housekeeping (e.g., cooking, shopping, domestic duties) and helps service users maintain all aspects of their domestic lives with emphasis on infection control.
• Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with feeding if required.
• Generally assists with service user’s overall comfort and well-being; provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
• Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
• Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties, including meal preparation as required.
• Monitors service user’s conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping.
• Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans, etc.

Qualifications

• There are no formal academic entry requirements.
• In most cases workers will be required to register with the appropriate statutory body which involves satisfying the registration criteria.
• This would normally include holding or working towards the appropriate qualification for the job.
• Entrants must typically be 18 years old and have experience of working in a care environment.
• Both off- and on-the-job training is available.
• A wide range of qualifications including NVQs/SVQs covering various aspects of care are available.
• Background checks including a CRB check, are likely to be required.