Care Worker

Proud to Care Devon; Newton Abbot; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care organization is seeking dedicated Care Staff to support clients in their homes. Responsibilities include providing personal care, assisting with daily tasks, and ensuring client dignity and independence. The role requires flexibility in hours with shifts between 7 am and 10 pm, including some weekend availability.

Benefits

Mileage compensation at £0.45 per mile

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care tasks, including bathing, grooming, and medication assistance.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with clients.
• Must undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care and daily activities.
• Maintain accurate records and report observations.
• Drive between client visits as required.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Respect

Job description

Responsibilities

• To work sensitively with clients to build professional and trusting relationships that promote their dignity, independence, choice and control.
• To support each client with tasks according to their individual care plan, and to maintain accurate daily records, reporting observations and/or concerns to the Ops Support team. Such tasks can include;
• Support with getting up and going to bed.
• Support with personal care (which may include bathing, showering, washing, grooming, shaving, nail care (not toenails), toilet support and dressing/undressing.
• Support with skin care including application of creams, monitoring of conditions and use of topical medication as directed.
• Support with higher level mobility needs.
• Planning and preparation of meals and providing support with eating and drinking.
• Assisting with medication, e.g., via prompts and reminders.
• Helping clients to access the community, offering conversation, companionship, social and emotional support.
• Collecting prescriptions and/or shopping.
• Support with daily mild exercise (including promotion of any professionally recommended programmes e.g from a physiotherapist.)
• Support to enable to people to participate in daily activities of their choice – whether at home or in the community.
• To promote client involvement in shaping and monitoring services, so they have real choice and control over the service they receive.
• To contribute to regular reviews of client support
• To travel between visits as required in own private transport. (Travel time and mileage between visits are paid.) You must be a confident driver on the roads and lanes of North East Dartmoor.
• Carers will be lone working in clients’ houses, in most cases.
• In some circumstances, to provide professional support to people whose behaviours may be challenging.

In addition to any of the above support tasks, appropriately experienced and trained Care Staff may additionally be required to complete any or all of the following;

• Contribute to care planning processes.
• Support individuals with complex care requirements. All required specialist training and support will be provided.
• Catheter / stoma care and other specialist care procedures. Staff will only undertake these duties once trained and deemed competent by a relevant professional.
• For all positions, staff will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check of any pre-existing criminal record or barring from working with vulnerable adults or children.

Travel expenses details:

Mileage at £0.45 per mile plus travel and waiting time paid at your hourly rate

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

We offer flexibility with hours of work as long as you can commit to regular availability. All visits occur between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm. Some weekend availability across a month is required (one morning or evening run per 4 weeks)