Local Domiciliary Care Assistant — Consistent, Nurse-Led Support

Safi Homecare service; Glenfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Refer-a-friend bonus

Uniform

DBS

Job summary

Safi Homecare is recruiting Domiciliary Care Assistants to support people in their own homes across Blaby, Narborough, Whetstone and Countesthorpe in South Leicestershire.

You will provide personal care, help with daily activities, monitor health, administer medications, and keep clear records on our digital care system. You will work with an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for clinical backing and professional development.

Qualifications

• Previous paid experience in care community, residential, supported living or hospital.
• Full paid induction and Care Certificate or refresh.
• Training in moving and handling, medication, dementia care and reablement.

Responsibilities

• Turning up as a friendly, familiar face, with time to talk while you work.
• Encouraging independence, doing things alongside people rather than for them.
• Helping people hold on to routines and interests that make the day theirs.
• Providing personal care, washing, dressing and continence support with dignity.
• Prompting and administering medication.
• Making meals and drinks, and keeping an eye on appetite and fluids.
• Supporting mobility and carrying out safe moving and handling.
• Helping with light housework and shopping.
• Recording each visit clearly on our digital care system.

Skills

Care experience

Job description

Safi Homecare is recruiting Domiciliary Care Assistants to support people in their own homes across Blaby, Narborough, Whetstone and Countesthorpe in South Leicestershire.

You will provide personal care, help with daily activities, monitor health, administer medications, and keep clear records on our digital care system. You will work with an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for clinical backing and professional development.