Evening Care Professional Luton & surrounding areas

Home Instead; Luton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Home Instead is seeking an Evening Care Professional to join our team in Luton and surrounding areas. You will provide non-medical care and companionship with visits typically lasting at least one hour, helping clients stay independent in their own homes.

The role covers companionship, home help, and personal care tasks in the evening, with availability at least three evenings per week from 6pm to 10:30pm and alternating weekends.

Qualifications

• Good standard of oral and written English.

Responsibilities

• Offer companionship and conversation
• Monitor diet and eating
• Provide medication reminders
• Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities
• Arrange appointments, activities and outings
• Organise mail and write letters
• Assist with walking (lending an arm to steady)
• Accompany to appointments and social events
• Provide light housekeeping/complete laundry
• Make beds/change linen
• Plan, prepare and tidy away meals
• Answer the door
• Assist with pet care
• Help with shopping
• Help with bathing, dressing and grooming
• Help with continence care
• Assist to eat and drink

Skills

Oral English

Written English

Job description

Evening Care Professional Luton & surrounding areas

• Part-time

Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our Care professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team in Luton and Central Bedfordshire as a Care Professional. As a Care Professional, you will provide a variety of non-medical services to help them keep independent in their own home

COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES

Basic function

To provide professional companionship services

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Offer companionship and conversation
• Monitor diet and eating
• Provide medication reminders
• Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities
• Arrange appointments, activities and outings
• Organise mail and write letters
• Assist with walking (lending an arm to steady)
• Accompany to appointments and social event

HOME HELP SERVICES

Basic function

To provide professional companionship services and also the following

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide light housekeeping/complete laundry
• Make beds/change linen
• Organise and tidy cupboards
• Plan, prepare and tidy away meals
• Answer the door
• Assist with pet care
• Help with shopping

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES

Basic function

To provide professional companionship services and also the following

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Help with bathing, dressing and grooming
• Help with continence care
• Assist to eat and drink

Knowledge and abilities

Good standard of oral and written English

Ability to support clients in their own homes and maintain client’s independence.

Ability to follow instructions and local policies and procedures

we would like the candidate to be available at least three days of the week from 6pm to 1030pm along with every other weekend ( Alternative Weekend).

You must haveFullLicense and access to your own transport i.e car.

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Care Professional. You will have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. You will enjoy building professional friendships and comfortable in spending time in the company of others.

Availability,

You should be available for at least three days during the week for the hours 5pm to 1030pm.

You must be Driver and have full driving License with access to your own transport i.e Car.

• As a Care Professional, you will receive industry-leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighborhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure and reference check