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Home Care Staff
- Bristol, Avon
- £7.50 per hour
- 13 applications
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Date:
- Reference: 21190079
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Duration: n/a
A Bristol based agency who provides specialist healthcare and recruitment services is seeking Home Care Staff to urgently join their expanding team.
As a Home Carer you will:
- Attend to the needs of service users as specified in care plans.
- Provide practical help and encouragement to Service Users through personal and social care and domestic duties aimed to enable the Service User to achieve or retain as much independence as possible.
- Assist Service Users with daily living activities, specified in individual care plans, such as
o Assisting to dress and undress
o To wash, shower, bathe and shave caring for hair and nails. Also to assist with cleaning of teeth, dentures, spectacles etc.
o Assist with continence requirements using equipment as appropriate
o Assist with the use of appliances such as mobility aids
o Pressure area care as directed
o Assist in moving or transfer from room to room
o Assist in getting up from and going to bed
o Prompting with medication
o Undertaking health related tasks within guidelines
- Assist the Service User:
o Maintaining social contacts
o Discussing problems
o Shopping
o Collecting items such as prescriptions, pensions
o Paying bills
o Talking and general social contact
- Assist / prepare food and meals and assist in feeding Service Users / Residents when required.
- Carry out heavy and light cleaning, laundry and ironing, cooking, making and changing beds and attending to heating.
- Accompany Service Users / Residents to appointments such as GP, dentist, optician, chiropodist and hospital.
- Make and change beds and deal appropriately with soiled linen.
- Be aware of and maintain the health and safety policy paying attention to evacuation and fire procedures and reporting any unsafe conditions in the Service Users home.
The ideal Home Carer will hold the following skills and experiences:
- A full UK Driving License and your own transport.
- Previous experience within a similar role is ideal but not essential as full training will be given.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, able to express yourself clearly and understand and interpret accurately.
- Good organisation and time management skills, self-motivated and able to work on their own with occasional supervision.
- CRB cleared with an honest and trustworthy character.
- Flexibility in working hours and location of work.
Full ongoing training and development will be provided.
This is a full time role working 30 + hours per week, this will include evening and weekend work.
We are looking for people who are dedicated to caring and show a person centred approach to their work.
In return you will receive a salary of £7.50 per hour plus travel expenses, a uniform and free CRB check.
Candidate Source Ltd is an Advertising Agency working on behalf of an Employment Agency. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to this specific vacancy. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.
As a Home Carer you will:
- Attend to the needs of service users as specified in care plans.
- Provide practical help and encouragement to Service Users through personal and social care and domestic duties aimed to enable the Service User to achieve or retain as much independence as possible.
- Assist Service Users with daily living activities, specified in individual care plans, such as
o Assisting to dress and undress
o To wash, shower, bathe and shave caring for hair and nails. Also to assist with cleaning of teeth, dentures, spectacles etc.
o Assist with continence requirements using equipment as appropriate
o Assist with the use of appliances such as mobility aids
o Pressure area care as directed
o Assist in moving or transfer from room to room
o Assist in getting up from and going to bed
o Prompting with medication
o Undertaking health related tasks within guidelines
- Assist the Service User:
o Maintaining social contacts
o Discussing problems
o Shopping
o Collecting items such as prescriptions, pensions
o Paying bills
o Talking and general social contact
- Assist / prepare food and meals and assist in feeding Service Users / Residents when required.
- Carry out heavy and light cleaning, laundry and ironing, cooking, making and changing beds and attending to heating.
- Accompany Service Users / Residents to appointments such as GP, dentist, optician, chiropodist and hospital.
- Make and change beds and deal appropriately with soiled linen.
- Be aware of and maintain the health and safety policy paying attention to evacuation and fire procedures and reporting any unsafe conditions in the Service Users home.
The ideal Home Carer will hold the following skills and experiences:
- A full UK Driving License and your own transport.
- Previous experience within a similar role is ideal but not essential as full training will be given.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, able to express yourself clearly and understand and interpret accurately.
- Good organisation and time management skills, self-motivated and able to work on their own with occasional supervision.
- CRB cleared with an honest and trustworthy character.
- Flexibility in working hours and location of work.
Full ongoing training and development will be provided.
This is a full time role working 30 + hours per week, this will include evening and weekend work.
We are looking for people who are dedicated to caring and show a person centred approach to their work.
In return you will receive a salary of £7.50 per hour plus travel expenses, a uniform and free CRB check.
Candidate Source Ltd is an Advertising Agency working on behalf of an Employment Agency. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to this specific vacancy. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.
