Care Associate, Home Care

NTUC Health Co-operative Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NTUC Health Co-operative Limited is seeking a Care Associate to provide home-based personal care services, supporting clients with daily activities in their own homes. You will offer companionship and help with hygiene, mobility and light tasks to promote safety and comfort.

The role involves assisting with meals, errands, and occasional medical escort, with a focus on compassionate, client-centered care in community settings.

Qualifications

• Have certification in healthcare related courses.
• Have good interpersonal skills.
• Have passion for community services and a service-oriented attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide home-based personal care services to assist clients with daily living activities.
• Offer companionship and engage clients in meaningful social interactions.
• Assist with personal hygiene, grooming and basic mobility.
• Perform light housekeeping and errands as needed.
• Escort clients to medical appointments if required.
• Assist with meal preparation in line with dietary needs.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Service-oriented attitude

Passion for community services

Education

Certification in healthcare related courses

Job description

Job Description

As a Care Associate, you will provide home-based personal care services that aim to assist clients with their daily activities of living, enabling them to continue living within the comfort and security of their own home.

Duties include but are not limited to companionship, personal hygiene, medical escort, grocery shopping, meal preparation, feeding and light housekeeping.

You will need to:

• Assist clients with basic range-of-motion exercises and full-body joint movements
• Safely transfer and reposition clients using correct lifting and transfer techniques
• Assist clients in maintaining personal hygiene, showering and grooming
• Run errands, such as grocery shopping, with or without clients
• Prepare simple, nutritious meals in accordance with clients' dietary needs or preferences
• Provide light housekeeping tasks to prevent falls / slips
• Accompany clients to medical appointments and serve as a medical escort when necessary
• Offer companionship and actively engage clients in meaningful social interactions and activities

Qualification

You should:

• Have certification in healthcare related courses
• Have good interpersonal skills
• Have passion for community services and a service-oriented attitude

Other Information

It would be great if you:

• Can speak one or more dialects, as you will be required to communicate with dialect-speaking clients.