Care Assistant - Live In Care

Home Instead; Scotland; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full induction programme

Excellent rates of pay

Mileage contribution

Rewards scheme

Social events

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

A leading provider of personal care services in Scotland is looking for compassionate Care Assistants for live-in positions. You will help enhance the quality of life for clients by providing companionship, personal care, and assistance with daily tasks. Full training is provided, and the role involves flexible shifts of two weeks on and two weeks off. This is a rewarding opportunity for those who want to make a difference in the lives of older adults while enjoying benefits like excellent pay, mileage contribution, and social events.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; full training provided.
• Useful to have experience interacting with older people.

Responsibilities

• Live at the client's home, having personal space during breaks.
• Provide companionship and meaningful social interaction.
• Assist with everyday tasks such as meal preparation.
• Accompany clients to appointments or shopping.
• Support personal care needs like bathing and grooming.
• Prompt clients for medication.

Skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Trustworthy

Sense of humour

Job description

Home Insteadis the world’s leading provider of Personal care and companionship services for older people. This is to allow individuals to lead fulfilled lives in safe and familiar surroundings where they feel most comfortable, in the place they call home.With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide.

We match our Care assistants to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalized support.

At Home Instead – East Fife, we believe in valuing and appreciating our CARERSand providing the highest standards of Quality Care and Support to our Client's.

Job Description

Shift patterns = 2 weeks on 2 weeks off / 4 weeks on 4 weeks off / Four days on Four days off

We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team in East Fife.As a Live in Care Care professional this includes you living at the client's home and being an integral part of your client’s life

Only Driver positions are currently available - Must have license and own car

What are the Responsibilities:

• Live at the client's home- Have your own space at client's homewhich is where your personal space will beduring breaks and keep all personal belongings.
• Companionship- ensuring a client enjoys regular and meaningful social interaction is an important part of your visit
• Help with everyday tasks such as; meal preparation and light housework
• Accompanying to appointments or shopping
• Personal Care - Supporting our clients with the essentials such as bathing, showering, dressing and grooming to keep them healthy and independent.
• Medication support - Support clients with prompting medication.
• Build a relationship with the client/ client family.
• 10 hour a day, You will receive a daily 2 hour break, out with this you must be available to support your client whenever necessary.

What we offer : Benefits

• Full induction programme where we provide award winning training, plus other opportunities to develop your career.
• Excellent rates of pay
• Mileage Contribution.
• Rewards scheme and employee support lines.
• Refer a friend scheme.
• Care Professional social events
• Exclusive discounts– supermarkets, high street stores and more.

Qualifications

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Care Assistantas full training is given. However, it would be useful to have some experience of working in a care setting or interacting with older people. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience.

You will have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. Also a sense of humour certainly helps.

Additional Information

You will receive full, ongoing support as well as access to award winning training. Social events with your colleagues.

We are actively recruiting now, if you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, in please ‘clickI’m Interested’ , or contact us direct, [e-mail] we would love to hear from you!