Care Assistant

Overview

What does this Care Assistant job involve? Hours of Work: 40 Hours Per Week
- Shifts:

07:00 - 19:00 / 10:00 - 22:00 / 12:00 - 00:00 / 20:00 - 08:00

• Personal care:
  • Assisting with bathing, showering, and oral hygiene
  • Helping with dressing and grooming
  • Supporting with mobility and transfers
• Household and domestic tasks:
  • Preparing meals and snacks, and assisting with feeding
  • Doing laundry and ironing
  • Cleaning the home
  • Grocery shopping and running errands
• Health and wellbeing:
  • Administering medication as per company policies
  • Moving and Handling as per company policies
  • Monitoring and reporting on the client s health and wellbeing
  • Providing emotional support and companionship
  • Helping clients stay active and engage in hobbies and social activities
• Administration and planning:
  • Following and documenting tasks based on a client s individual care plan
  • Keeping records of completed tasks, observations, and medication
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Coordinating with other healthcare professionals

• The right to work in the UK
• Training in care support
• Excellent teamwork, flexibility and professionalism
• Social Care experience is not necessary, but it is desirable.
• A commitment to empowering people.
• Ability to work closely with families and outside agencies.
• Ability to take responsibility and remain calm in difficult situations.
• Willing to work weekdays, weekends, evenings, bank holidays, and sleep-ins.
• A full UK driving license is desirable.

Walfinch is a private home care business with branches nationwide. We provide high quality, person-centred and compassionate home care. Watford and Hemel Hempstead is on hand to provide service users with personalised home care in Watford and Hemel Hempstead to suit your requirements.

• Better than care sector average pay, we pay more than the living wage.
• We pay the majority of our carers mileage between visits (and aim to expand it to all).
• Ongoing training to ensure your knowledge and skills are always up-to-date.
• Training in specialist skills such as Dementia care, rehabilitation, continue care, and many more, so you grow your expertise and become champion.
• The chance to climb the career ladder in a growing company.
• Opportunities to meet new people with similar interests, we match carers to clients, so you ll have interests in common.
• Work as part of a friendly team in an inclusive workplace where fun is one of our values.
• Local work: we have offices across the country.
• Unlimited free training with over 200 courses through our partner Flourish Learning