Care Assistant (Female Only)

Changeworknow is part of the Access Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Access Group is seeking warm, compassionate Care Workers to join our domiciliary care team in the Liverpool area. You will provide personal care, daily tasks, and companionship to service users in their own homes.

No formal medical experience is required, but practical care sector experience is preferred. Driving and car access will be helpful for visiting multiple clients across the area; a friendly, empathetic approach is essential.

Qualifications

• You must have a caring and compassionate attitude toward service users.
• Experience in the care sector is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work with empathy, tact and discretion in daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to vulnerable adults in their own homes.
• Visit service users to assist with tasks from light domestic duties to personal care.
• Assist with meal preparation, medication administration, laundry, bathing and continence needs.
• Provide companionship and build trusting relationships within the community.
• Communicate effectively with service users and work in partnership with care teams.

Skills

Caring nature

Empathy

Reliability

Communication

Driving license

Job description

We are looking for our heroes to become part of a team responding to emergency calls to assist throughout the Liverpool area to clients living in both sheltered housing schemes and their own homes.

About the Role

Some provision of Emergency Personal Care will be expected to assist with daily tasks, from light domestic duties to full personal care. A typical day can include you visiting a number service users, assisting with meal preparation, medication administration, laundry, light domestic duties, bathing, dressing and continence requirements.

Medical experience is not required; however practical experience in the care sector is preferred.

More important is that you have a caring and compassionate nature and act with empathy, tact and discretion. We are looking for warm, charismatic and friendly individuals who can support our service users and make a difference to our clients lives.

A caring individual who is passionately committed to assisting service users to improve client care.

You’ll be able to drive and have access to a car and previously worked in a domiciliary care setting with care experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reliable, hard-working people with a genuine desire to care.
• Providing care and support to vulnerable adults within their own homes
• Visiting our service users to assist with tasks, from light domestic duties to full personal care.
• Visiting a number of regular service users within the area
• Assisting with meal preparation, medication administration, laundry, light domestic duties, bathing, dressing and continence requirements.
• You will also provide much needed companionship to people within our community.
• You will need a good sense of humour and a great deal of common sense. The successful applicant will demonstrate their communication skills and ability to work in partnership with the service users.

Please note this role is also known as Carer, Care Assistant, Care Worker and Domiciliary Care Assistant

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Hours of work: Full and part time shifts work pattern will entail day shifts between the hours of 7am and 10pm and weekend working.