Live In Care Professional

Home Instead; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided

Separate room and WiFi

Travel allowance

Job summary

Home Instead in Creigiau near Cardiff is seeking an experienced Live-In Care Professional to support a lovely female client. You will live in the client's home during your placement and provide non-medical support to help her stay independent.

No formal qualifications are required, but experience as a Live-in Care Assistant is essential, especially with dementia. A driving licence is essential because the rural location cannot be reached by public transport, and you may drive the client to

Qualifications

• Experience as Live-in Care Assistant is essential, including work with individuals living with Dementia.
• Reliable, trustworthy and respectful with good interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to drive as the location is rural and public transport is limited.

Responsibilities

• Live in the client's home during placement and provide non-medical support to help them stay independent.
• Drive client to local appointments and shops as needed.
• Provide compassionate companionship and monitor wellbeing as part of daily routine.

Skills

Driver with own car

Excellent English (spoken & written)

Flexible on placement length

Job description

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 Live In Care Professionals 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 are looking for an experienced Live-In Care Professional to support a lovely female long-standing client in the beautiful village of Creigiau near Cardiff. As a Live-In Care Professional, you will live in a client's home during your placement and provide a variety of non-medical services to help them keep independent in their own home.

Although you do not need any particular qualifications to become a Care Professional, experience of working as a Live-in Care Assistant is essential, as is working with individuals living with Dementia. You will have a passion for supporting others and be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. You will enjoy building professional friendships and be comfortable in spending time in the company of others. Being able to drive is essential as the location is rural and cannot be accessed on public transport. The Live-in Care Assistant would also need to be able to drive our client to local appointments and shops.

Additional Information

As a Live-In Care Professional, you will be provided with food for 3 meals a day or an equivalent food allowance, a separate room to stay and access to a TV and WiFi. In addition, we offer comprehensive training and support. On this specific placement the Live-in Care Professional sleeps in the annexe, which comprises a bedroom, a small living area, and an en-suite shower room. A £25 travel allowance is also paid for each weeks' completed placement.

You will be required to undertake training, the content of which will be dependent on training already completed. Work is currently scheduled on a 1 week ON/1 week OFF basis with handover 11:30/12:00 on Tuesdays. You can expect to provide active support for 10 hours a day, between the hours of 09:00 & 21:30 with a 2 hour break between 14:00 & 16:00 daily.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods 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

"*Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010."

Qualifications

• Driver with own car (with business insurance) essential.
• Excellent level of spoken and written English
• Ability to be flexible on placement length

Additional Information

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods 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

This role is UK based and the right to work in the UK will need to be established as part of the recruitment process.