Carers; Drivers

Role Overview

Carers needed to assist in care homes. Personal care – assisting with bathing, dressing, and when necessary, continence support. Helping with mobility – some customers need assistance getting around the home.

• Assist with personal care and daily activities such as eating and drinking
• Book and accompany people at appointments
• Monitor individuals’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight, and possibly help with medication

Your induction will include necessary training such as health and safety, first aid and moving and handling. Additional specific training such as autism awareness, communication skills or working with people with dementia may be offered.

Your employer might ask that you have qualifications showing good English and number skills such as GCSE in English and maths. A social care qualification may be beneficial in Health and Social Care, but you can complete these once you’re hired.

It might be useful to have experience working in a similar role or with vulnerable adults. You could gain this experience through a work placement, from your personal life, through volunteering or as part of a traineeship or apprenticeship.

When in your role, you could do a vocational qualification or a continuing professional development qualification such as dementia, end-of-life, or autism care.

Your employer might pay for you to do these qualifications via Workforce Development Fund, or you could apply for an Advanced Learner Loan to pay for yourself.

Other similar roles might include a support worker, shared lives carer and personal assistant.

Support workers – provide advice about housing, learn life skills such as cooking or budgeting and provide emotional support and befriending.

Prestine Healthcare carers welcome vulnerable people into their own homes or stay with individuals in their own homes and care for them there. This could be on a long or short-term basis – you might offer weekend respite care or provide support during the day or night.

Drivers are preferred.