Carer

Walfinch LTD; Southall; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Professional training

24-hour support line

Job summary

Walfinch is a home care service focused on helping adults live independently at home. You will bring companionship, support activities, and assist with daily tasks to improve clients’ quality of life.

The role emphasizes flexibility, ongoing professional training in areas like dementia and post-stroke care, longer visits to build trust, and opportunities for career progression within a growing national company.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required; must be the kind of person you would want caring for your own mum.
• Be committed, honest, trustworthy, reliable, respectful and sensible.
• Must have a pro-active and flexible approach to work; a sense of humour is valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and comfort to clients.
• Help clients stay active and participate in activities outside the home.
• Assist with cooking and housekeeping tasks.
• Provide personal care as required.

Skills

Empathy

Reliability

Flexibility

Sense of humour

Job description

As a carer with Walfinch youll enjoy the rewards of bringing a smile into peoples lives and helping them do more and BE more.

Who you are

Youll be as keen as we are to help people continue to live independently in their own home and carry on with their interests and activities. You dont need previous experience, but you must be the kind of person you would like caring for your own mum. That is, committed, honest, trustworthy, reliable, respectful, and sensible, with a pro-active and flexible approach to work. And you must have a sense of humour - here at Walfinch we like to bring fun into the lives of caregivers and clients every day!

Your role as a Carer will include:

• Bringing companionship and comfort
• Helping people get more active and get out more
• Cooking and housekeeping
• Personal care

The majority of our carers stay with us year on year. Here’s what they stay for:

• Flexible working hours - work around your family, studies or hobbies.
• Prestigious on-going professional training so you can grow specialist care skills. We have specialists in conditions such as after-stroke care, Dementia and many more.
• Longer visits - no 15-minute calls - so you get time to get to know your clients.
• Career progression opportunities, as we are a growing company.
• 24-hour support line, so you never feel on your own.

Who are we?

Walfinch is a home care service that delivers many types of care to anyone over the age of 18, including elderly care, home health care, personal care, and care for people with particular conditions. This will give you the chance to make a difference.

• We are a national brand providing care countrywide.
• We have in-house trainers to provide excellent quality carer training.
• We have a strong back-office support team.