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ONECARE-UK LTD; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced unsociable hours pay

Job summary

ONECARE-UK Ltd provides homecare and supported living services across London. We are hiring a Care Worker who is organised, reliable and a team player to deliver quality care to service users in their own homes.

Role involves personal care, domestic tasks, and support with daily activities; driving licence preferred. Working days are Monday to Sunday, with £14-£15 per hour and enhanced pay for unsociable hours.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ care experience in home settings.
• Clean driving licence preferred.
• Ability to work in a multi-agency team.

Responsibilities

• Assist service users with daily personal care.
• Support with dressing, washing and bathing.
• Serve meals and assist with feeding.
• Monitor health and document records.
• Manage medications and liaise with coordinators.
• Follow care plans and rota management.
• Ensure safeguarding and health & safety compliance.

Skills

Care experience

Team player

Reliable

Timekeeping

Flexible hours

Job description

Onecare-UK Ltd is a Homecare and supported living service provider that has built a reputation on quality. We have an opportunity for a Care Worker who is organised, reliable, and a team player. This is an important role to ensure quality care is delivered to the service users. Our service users live throughout London and require care and support in their own homes.

The duties of the post are listed below:

• Generally, assists with service users over comfort and well-being.
• Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, sue the toilet and bathe.
• Serves meals to service users at the table or in bed and assists with feeding if required.
• Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service users.
• Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, and collecting benefits.
• Undertakes cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
• Monitors service users’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight, and contributes to record keeping.
• Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of all documentation held in service users' folders and that all the written reports and administration are up to date.
• Management of medication.
• To record all necessary information clearly and legibly in line with record-keeping policies and procedures.
• Responding to complaints and queries from service users to coordinators.
• Liaise with carers/service users ensuring they are informed of any changes.
• Have the ability to work in a multi-agency approach.
• To follow the rota as allocated by the coordinators for domiciliary care services.
• Liaise closely with the coordinators regarding effective rota management, recruitment, permanent allocation of care & support workers, and the writing of Care & Support Plans.
• Ensuring all services are compliant with the legislation, safeguarding, Health & Safety per CQC standards regulations

Personal attributes:

• To be flexible and adaptable in their working hours.
• Caring, diplomatic, and have the ability to recognize the signs when the client is stressed and needs support.
• To be enthusiastic, outgoing, reliable, excellent timekeeping, patient, and persistent

Knowledge and Expertise:

• 1-2 Years’ care experience
• Some experience in caring for clients in their own home
• Preferably driving licence holder/ Car driving experience

We are looking for Care workers to provide the following services:

• Personal Care
• Domestic Care
• Community Inclusion

Job type: Full time

Working Days: Monday to Friday, Saturday & Sunday

£14-£15 per hour- Enhanced payment for unsociable hours