Caregiver Needed For THU FRI SAT Evening

Assisting Hands - Lombard; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A home care service provider in the UK is seeking caregivers to provide personal and custodial care to clients. Responsibilities include assisting with personal hygiene, maintaining a clean environment, and reporting on clients' conditions. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and experience in home or long-term care settings is preferred. Shifts can vary based on client needs, and hours are not guaranteed.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal hygiene and physical care.
• Maintain cleanliness in the client's residence.
• Provide nutritional support as necessary.
• Observe and report changes in the client's condition.

Skills

Personal care activities

Maintaining a safe environment

Assisting with medication

Reporting changes in condition

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Future Opening: Caregiver Needed For THU FRI SAT Evening

CAN BE PARTIAL OR ALL THREE SHIFTS

Description: This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator in compliance with the Plan of Care.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required

Qualifications: One (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.

Reports to: Staffing Coordinator

Primary Duties:

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
• Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
• Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;
• Measuring intake and output of fluids;
• Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;
• Keeping records of personal health care activities;
• Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.
• Reminding the client with the self-administration of medication.
• Keeping a record of when a client performs self-administration of medication.
• Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
• Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual.

Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours. Can take partial days of shift.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly