Specialist Live In Carer

Abbots Care; St Albans; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbots Care seeks compassionate, skilled live-in carers for their Spinal Care Team. You will provide high-quality care to individuals with spinal injuries, supporting daily living tasks while ensuring their independence. Flexibility in scheduling and opportunities for training and qualifications are offered.

Benefits

Flexible work-life balance

Full training and development opportunities

Competitive pay rates

Market leading mileage pay

Opendoor management policy

Qualifications

• Previous experience in delivering spinal care preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to undertake in-house training.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care, including assistance with bowel management and catheter care.
• Support with mobility and rehabilitation exercises for spinal injury clients.
• Administer medications and document health changes.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Teamwork

Reliability

Job description

Abbots Care is an award-winning Care Provider who places their Service Users and care needs at the centre of our service. We provide round-the-clock care packages to support people who have long term health conditions to live in the comfort and safety of their own home.

We are looking for compassionate, skilled and dedicated live in carers to join our Spinal Care Team.

As a live in carer in our Spinal Care team, you will be part of a specialist team supporting individuals with spinal injuries in their own homes. You will be responsible for providing high-quality live-in care to help clients with daily living tasks, personal care and mobility assistance whilst maintaining their independence.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and a full UK driving license – we do not provide Tier 2 Visa Sponsorship.

You will need to provide a minimum of 2week on and 1 week off availability. You will also receive an undisturbed break of 2 hours per day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing personal care, including assistance with bowel management and catheter care.
• Support with mobility and rehabilitation exercises such as hydrotherapy and home exercise plans for those with a spinal injury.
• Administer medications as prescribed, recording on our electronical MarChart whilst monitoring, documenting and reporting changes in health.
• Assisting with cooking and meal preparation, maintaining a nutritious and balanced diet.
• Offer emotional support and companionship, aswell as person centered care to enhance the client’s quality of life.
• Help manage daily activities and routines, social activities and promoting independence.

What We Are Looking For:

• Previous experience in delivering spinal care (preferred but not essential).
• A compassionate and patient individual with a strong desire to help others.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Willingness to undertake inhouse training and development opportunities to support your role.
• Flexibility, reliability and a strong work ethic.

There are so many reasons to join our team, but these are our top five:

• Feeling of reward:There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.
• Flexibility:We understand the importance of having a work life balance.
• Variety:No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.
• Real qualifications:Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us.
• Our perks:There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an opendoor policy in our branches.
• If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others and meet the requirements outlined above, we would love to hear from you.

Our employees mental health is important to us and with the launch of our new wellbeing app gives us an opportunity to connect with our care workers and discuss any issues they may been experiencing.

If you are ready to take on a rewarding and impactful role, we would love to hear from you! Please call our recruitment team on 01727891004

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