Carer Full-time, part-time, evenings and weekends ALDERSHOT, FARNBOROUGH & CAMBERLEY

Melody Care; Farnborough; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A home care provider in Farnborough is seeking Professional Carers to assist clients with daily living activities, provide health-related support, and fulfill social needs. Candidates must possess a car and a clean driving license. The role offers guaranteed contracted hours and various benefits, including bonuses and a company pension.

Benefits

Guaranteed contracted hours

Care Friends Reward & Recognition app

Company Pension

Birthday Day off

Qualifications

• Must have a vehicle with a current clean driving licence.
• Ability to promote a sense of wellbeing and meet emotional needs.
• Flexibility to work various contracted hours.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily living activities like dressing and personal hygiene.
• Provide health-related tasks and ensure medical regime adherence.
• Support emotional and social needs of clients.

Skills

Self-motivated

Organised

Reliable

Flexible

Caring

Good communicator

Job description

Overview

The aim of the Melody Care Home Care team is to provide care and support for those people who wish to remain independent in their own home at times convenient to them and in ways they find agreeable that fully meet their desired outcomes.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER THE CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP AND YOU NEED TO BE A CAR DRIVER WITH ACCESS TO YOUR OWN CAR.

Tasks

Assistance with daily living activities such as:

• Getting Up / Going to bed
• Dressing and Undressing
• Washing, bathing, grooming (personal hygiene)
• Eating & Drinking (Nutrition) - preparing and serving meals
• Using the toilet, maintaining continence, managing incontinence
• Moving and transferring
• Tooth and Denture Care
• Checking spectacles and hearing aids
• Help during the night - settling down service, terminal night care
• Sleeping night duty
• Waking night duty

Health-related tasks that the Client would normally take responsibility for e.g.

• Maintaining Medical regime
• Catheter and Stoma care
• Prevention of pressure sores
• Sight loss
• The reporting of any significant changes in Clients wishes, condition or environment to the Branch team immediately.

Domestic Service

• Light house cleaning duties
• Laundry and ironing
• Meal preparation
• Shopping and errands

Social and Emotional Support

• Promote a sense of wellbeing
• Meet emotional needs
• Mobility and Transport
• Company, Conversation and Listening

Requirements

• a vehicle, with a current, clean driving licence, MOT and insurance that states the Professional Carer is covered for 'Business purposes'
• a mobile phone (Company one provided)

The following personal attributes are considered necessary for the post of Professional Carer:

• Self-motivated
• Prepared to work hard, train to gain new qualifications and develop your skills as and when required
• Organised
• Reliable
• Flexible
• Caring
• Sensitive to the needs of others
• An active team player but also able to work on own initiative
• Good communicator
• Have a common sense approach and nonjudgemental attitude

Benefits

Guaranteed contracted hours (10, 16, 25 and 35), Care Friends Reward & Recognition app, Company Pension, Birthday Day off (or paid in-lieu), anniversary bonus, performance bonus, other bonus's.

Please call our recruitment team on 01252 229360 or go to our website and complete our brief registration form and questionnaire.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER THE CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP AND YOU NEED TO BE A CAR DRIVER WITH ACCESS TO YOUR OWN CAR.