Live-in Care Assistant - Holywood Area

Bluebird Care; Lisburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A home care service provider is seeking a compassionate Live-in Care Assistant to support individuals in their homes. The role includes providing personal care, administering medication, and assisting with daily activities like meal preparation and companionship. You do not need prior experience but must be naturally caring and patient. The position comes with ongoing training, a defined schedule, and meal provisions. Salary will be discussed, and enhanced rates are available for certain Bank Holidays.

Benefits

Enhanced rates for Bank Holidays

5.6 weeks holiday days pro-rata

Meals provided or allowance

Ongoing training and support

Regular scheduled breaks

Qualifications

• Compassionate and caring nature is essential.
• Willingness to provide personal care and companionship.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care duties.
• Administer medication as needed.
• Assist with household chores and meal preparation.
• Promote customer health and well-being.
• Support customers during social outings.

Skills

Compassionate

Patient

Caring

Job description

Providing Quality Care

Bluebird Care started as a small family business in 2004, and today we are proud to be one of the largest providers of home care services across the UK. But what makes us different?

Here at Bluebird Care territory, we’re committed to keeping people in the comfort of their own home. We began by offering home care to the elderly in our local area and when this became a success, we branched out to look at Live‑In care. Our aim is to keep people independent in their own homes for as long as possible, so we take care of everyday tasks around our customers’ homes all the way through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.

Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Live-in Care Assistant

As a Live‑In Care Assistant you will be living with one of our customers, a gentleman suffering from Parkinsons in his own home in Holywood, Northern Ireland

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and well‑being, enabling them to live their life to the full
• Household chores
• Meal preparation
• Shopping
• Social Outings
• Offering our customers companionship

To begin with you will live with our customers for a period of 2 to 8 weeks and rotate as required working opposite a colleague.

Your Experience and Suitability for the Live‑in Care Assistant Role

Previous experience is a bonus but not a requirement. Live‑in Care Assistants are matched to our customers to ensure our customers and you get along so the most important thing to us is that you are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if they were their own family.

Because We Care About You

• Salary to be discussed
• Enhanced rates for certain Bank Holidays
• If you use your own vehicle for customer use, you will be entitled to 40p per mile?
• 5.6 weeks holiday days pro‑rata?
• 3 meals a day or an allowance from the customer. You will also have a separate room to stay and access to a TV and WIFI.
• You will have regular contact with your supervisor along with access to our career pathway allowing you to gain qualifications to grow your knowledge and confidence to provide the very best care to our customers.
• Ongoing training and support
• Regular, scheduled breaks which you can spend as you wish in or outside of the customer’s home
• A clearly defined schedule of working time vs downtime during each day