Care Support Worker

HealthJobs4U Ltd; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Casual dress

Company pension

Flexible schedule

Free or subsidised travel

Sick pay

Job summary

HealthJobs4U Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a flexible and empathetic domiciliary care worker to support service users in developing and following care plans. You will assist with personal care, medication support and promoting health, safety and independence, with shifts starting early or finishing late.

Responsibilities include implementing care plans, providing social and emotional support, and documenting outcomes to ensure high-quality care for clients in their own homes.

Qualifications

• Experience in domiciliary care is desirable.
• Ability to develop and implement care plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist service users to identify needs and develop care plans.
• Provide information, support and care programs to clients including mental health support.
• Encourage health promotion within care strategies.
• Provide medication administration support, assistance, and monitoring.
• Offer practical, social, emotional, and general care support.
• Assist with personal care including basic hygiene and toileting needs.
• Act as a keyworker and participate in risk assessment and care planning.
• Empower service users to take positive risks and strive for independence.
• Document care activities and evaluate outcomes.

Skills

Empathy

Risk assessment

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

A suitable candidate should be able and willing to work for Domiciliary Care Services:

• Assist a service user to identify their needs and develop a plan to meet those needs.
• Play an enabling role in providing relevant information and support/care programmes to different client groups including people with mental health issues using reassurance, tact, and sensitivity.
• Encourage health promotion within care strategies.
• Provide medication administration support, assistance, and monitoring.
• Assist with the provision of a wide range of practical, social, emotional, and general care support services to service users.
• Assist with personal care viz. assist with strip wash, dressing/undressing, managing toileting need (pad management/empty and clean the used commode), post toileting hygiene
• Be an effective keyworker, risk assessor and able to work collaboratively with service users to aid recovery and strive for greater independence.
• Empower people to take positive risks
• Be involved in the overall assessment and care planning process as appropriate.
• Be empathetic, non-judgemental, flexible with a can-do approach
• Implement action to meet and maintain care standards
• Evaluate outcomes and keep accurate records of care and support.
• Adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems.
• Promote a positive image for the employer.

Job Types: Full-time /Part time / Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Flexible schedule
• Free or subsidised travel
• Sick pay

Driver with car is desirable but not an essential requirement

Shifts either start at 7am or finish time 9 pm

Female only due to client preferences