Community Care Worker

Care in Kent; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Care in Kent is seeking kind, reliable community care workers to support clients in Folkestone. You will assist with personal care, meals, mobility and emotional support, enabling safe and independent living at home.

Visits range from short 30-minute checks to longer 2–8 hour supports, with lone-working in clients' homes and office on-call support available.

Qualifications

• Provide person-centred home care to individuals in their own homes.
• Must be able to work with varied client needs and routines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 30-minute to 8-hour visits based on client needs.
• Support with daily living tasks including personal care, meals and mobility.
• Observe wellbeing, report changes to the team, and coordinate with office for support.

Skills

Personal care

Medication support

Nutrition & hydration

Mobility assistance

Companionship

Job description

Care in Kent is looking for kind, reliable and caring people to join our Folkestone Community Care Team.

As a Community Care Worker, you'll support people to live safely, comfortably and independently in their own homes. Every client is different, so every day brings something different too!

Your visits could include:

• Personal care - washing, showering, dressing, continence care and supporting people with their daily routines
• Medication support - prompting, assisting or administering medication in line with training and the client's care plan
• Meals & nutrition - preparing meals, drinks and encouraging good nutrition and hydration
• Shopping & errands
• Light household tasks
• Supporting mobility and independence
• Companionship & emotional support - sometimes a good chat and a cuppa really does make someone's day
• Monitoring wellbeing - noticing changes or concerns and communicating these to the team
• Community support - helping clients get out and about, attend appointments or enjoy activities that matter to them

What do the visits look like?

Our care is varied. You could provide anything from a 30-minute care visit through to longer 2, 4, 6 or even 8-hour support visits, depending on the client's individual needs.

Community care involves lone working, so once you've completed your training, shadowing and been assessed as competent, you'll travel between clients and provide care independently.

But lone working doesn't mean you're on your own - our office and on-call teams are there to support you.