Care Worker (Car Driver Essential) (Adult Social Care)

Radfield Home Care; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring home service provider in Long Eaton is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to provide support to elderly clients in their homes. You will assist with daily care, meals, medication, and help clients manage their appointments. This role requires a friendly, reliable individual with a genuine desire to help people. Join our rewarding team and make a difference in the lives of seniors.

Qualifications

• Genuine desire to help people.
• Tact and sensitivity, with a respectful approach to elderly clients.
• Ability to work to health and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Get to know clients' interests and needs.
• Help clients with daily personal care.
• Prepare meals and assist with nutrition.
• Assist clients with medication and budget management.

Skills

Friendly and caring nature

Ability to relate to diverse backgrounds

Team working skills

Reliability and flexibility

Patience and sense of humour

Job description

Overview

Our Home Carer Assistants work with elderly people who live in their own homes and may need just a small amount of support e.g. help with shopping or companionship through to care visits with one or two carers several times per day.

Working for Radfield Home Care as a Care Assistant is an extremely rewarding job. In order to do the job well you need to have a caring nature, be flexible and organised in your work, enjoying taking on responsibility and making a real difference to other people's lives. Carers travel between our client's homes according to their rota and stay different lengths of time with each client depending on what their care needs are. One call may be to prepare a light lunch for a client and give them their medication and then next call may be to take a client to a doctors appointment or to the hairdresser. The work varies day to day and hour to hour and whilst you are doing this you are creating relationships with some of the most fantastic people in our society - the older generation.

Responsibilities

• getting to know our clients, their interests and their needs
• spending time doing activities that they enjoy
• helping clients with daily personal care such as washing and dressing
• carrying out general tasks such as housework, laundry and shopping
• helping to prepare meals and assist with nutrition and hydration as needed
• assisting with medication
• helping clients manage their budget, pay bills and write letters
• helping families get used to new caring responsibilities
• going with clients to and from appointments

Qualifications

• a friendly and caring nature
• a genuine desire to help people
• the ability to relate to people from a wide variety of backgrounds and ages
• tact and sensitivity
• a respectful approach to elderly clients
• patience and a sense of humour
• reliability and flexibility
• team working skills and the ability to use your own initiative
• the ability to work to health and safety guidelines
• the ability to remain calm under pressure