Live-In Care Professional

Home Instead; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Food allowance

Supportive team

Employee referral bonus

Employee assistance programme

Exclusive discounts with Blue Light Card

DBS organized and paid for

Free PPE and Lateral Flow Testing

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking a Live-In Care Professional in Chertsey, UK. You will provide essential companionship, housekeeping, personal, and dementia care, along with end of life support. The ideal candidate will have compassionate caregiving experience and a DBS certificate, with a commitment to quality and safety. This role offers flexibility and includes a support team, meals, and employee benefits. Contact us for a rewarding opportunity in elderly care.

Qualifications

• Experience providing highly compassionate and professional care.
• Experience working with people living with dementia is valuable.
• Must pass the 'mum test' for caregiver suitability.
• Must be able to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and a nurturing environment.
• Assist with housekeeping and meal preparation.
• Deliver personal care with dignity and respect.
• Provide compassionate dementia care.
• Implement gold standard end of life care.

Skills

Compassionate care

Experience with dementia care

DBS certificate

Job description

Home Instead Windsor, Runnymede & West Spelthorne provides award-winning home care to support people remain living in their own homes where they are happiest, prividing support for the whole aging and illness journey; allowing them to remain independent and continue to live in their own homes for as long as possible. Our care and our team are inspected and rated as 'Outstanding' Home Care by the Care Quality Commission. Nationally weare also rated as the best elderly care provider by the Care Quality Commission when it comes to meeting the criteria they expect for all home care providers.

Job Description

· Companionship: As aLive-In Care Professional you will provide a new lease of life, essential for physical & emotional wellbeing.

· Housekeeping:The benefits of a clean & tidy home and nutritious home-cooked meals are far-reaching.

· Personal Care: Providing highly personal and tailored support to care for our clients with dignity, respect & patience.
· Dementia Care:Compassionate, insightful & proactive approach to dementia care. We are regarded best in class. As a Live-In Care Pro you will be a huge support and comfort for both the client and the family alike.
· Gold Standard End of Life Care:Should the client come to the point, we follow the UK’s leading framework for later years life plan that is right & personal for our client & their loved ones.

Qualifications

• Experience giving highlycompassionate and professional care
• Experience working with people living with dementia is really valuable
• Ideally you will have a transferrable DBS
• Must pass our ‘mum test’ - this means that we would be happy for the person to look after our own mum, dad, or loved one.
• Must be able to work in the UK

Additional Information

As aLive-In Care Professional, you will be provided with:

• 3 meals foodallowance.
• Highly supportive team around you; daily calls, weekly visits, contactable 24 hours and since we are local, we can visit same day when needed.
• A separate room to stay and access to a TV and WiFi.
• Employee referral bonus programme-for any successful referrals from employees we offer £100 after their first call and a further £200 after 6 months.
• Employee assistance programme- access to counselling and other benefits to help with the everyday
• Exclusive discounts schemewith the Blue Light Card– supermarkets, high street stores, leisure activities and more.
• DBS (police check) organised and paid for.
• Free PPE and Lateral Flow Testing.
• Plus the fun stuff - lots of little treats for special occasions, and team socials; coffee mornings, evening socials, and a variety of activities.

If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfying and you have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on 01784 477854.

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.

THIS ROLE REQUIRESTHE APPLICANT TO RESIDEIN THE UK AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK. We are not sponsoring VISA applications at this time.