Live In Care Caregiver

Home Instead; Brackley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading caregiver service is seeking a dedicated Live-In Caregiver to provide companionship and support for an elderly couple in their home. The ideal candidate will have experience with dementia care and a passion for helping others. Responsibilities include assisting the husband who has Alzheimer's and helping with daily tasks like meal preparation. Comprehensive training and meals provided. This rewarding role requires reliability and a commitment to quality care.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Meals included

Separate room provided

Access to TV and WiFi

Qualifications

• Experience with dementia care or caring for elderly individuals.
• Ability to build professional friendships with clients.
• Comfortable spending time with others.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and supervision for a couple.
• Assist with daily living tasks such as meal preparation.
• Support clients with Alzheimer's and their needs.

Skills

Experience in care settings

Passion for supporting others

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Respectfulness

Job description

Home Insteadis 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 Live In CareCAREGivers to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

Job Description

We looking for a live in caregiver to support a couple we have be providing hourly care for for a couple of years. The live in quite a large house in a pretty village close to Brackley in Northamptonshire. Both are in their 90’s. He has alzheimer’s and requires prompts but little physical assistance. He has a tendency to wander and so needs supervision. His speech can also be repetitive and he can find it hard to find the right words. She has no cognitive issues but struggles to support him. She also needs some help to look after the house, prepare meals etc.

You will need to have some experience of working in a care setting or interacting with older people in particular for someone with dementia. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience. You will be passionate about 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.

Additional Information

As aLive In CareCAREGiver, you will be provided with 3 meals a day or an allowance from the client, a separate room to stay and access to a TV and WiFi. In addition, we offer comprehensive training and support.
If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on01295 237237.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Insteadis 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.