Position Overview & Specifications

Providing low to medium-level support and personal care needs to clients, you will be working for a Leading care home providing low to medium-level needs and personal care.

This position is key to supporting us to deliver a high-quality service to our customers, enabling them to live life to the full while delivering personal care and support.

Main Duties:

To promote customers’ dignity, choice, rights and independence
Listen to customers to ensure you are meeting their needs and assisting them in their daily lives and personal care.
Build professional relationships to build trust and respect. Report anything you think is unsafe in relation to your work or to a customer.
Actively be involved in health and safety inspections. Report and record any bad practices to a line manager/senior member.
Assist customers with their physical and social needs, ensuring all emotional and physical needs are met.
Provide medication and assist in cleaning customers' homes. Assist customers with things such as shopping, cooking, preparing food and personal care such as washing, bathing, toilet and dressing.
Ensure customers receive appropriate care/ support plans and keep good quality and accurate records to show where you have been working and what you have been doing.

It is Essential:

Ability to provide personal care for older people, including assisting people to wash, dress and attend to all personal needs
Good understanding of health and safety in the workplace and in the home.
Good spoken English
Diploma in Health and Social Care (if not already, or equivalent NVQ)
At least 6 months experience as a care or support worker

In order to proceed we require from you: