Overview
Nottinghamshire Care Group are recruiting dedicated and conscientious Care Workers in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, to provide domiciliary care to our service users. We’re seeking caring and compassionate individuals who enjoy interacting with elderly and vulnerable seniors and assisting them with their daily living activities. We have full-time and part-time opportunities available, and we are open-minded to different shift patterns. So, if you can only work in the evenings or weekends, or you would like to discuss shifts that fit around childcare, we would like to hear from you.
Benefits
* 45p per mile mileage paid
* Pension scheme
* Flexible working conditions - work as many hours or as few hours as you wish
* Free uniform
* Free training
* Refer a Friend Bonus scheme
Role and responsibilities
The role of a Care Worker is varied and largely depends on the service users you are working with. These duties include:
* Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing and toileting
* Treating service users with dignity and respect, communicating effectively to meet their diverse needs
* Shopping and meal preparation support
* Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks, including cleaning
* Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities
* Manual handling, using equipment where required
* Promoting service users health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest
* Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns
* Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user's circumstances or condition
Essential
* Excellent listening skills and an ability to build up a rapport with people
* Good communication skills, with a good command of English
* A friendly, caring and sensitive approach
* Time management skills and ability to prioritise
* Ability to use own initiative
* Right to work in the UK
* Enhanced DBS certificate
Desirable
* A full, clean Driving licence (walkers are also welcome)
* Previous experience of working within a care environment, or caring for family/friend
If you are looking for a rewarding job where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, we would love to hear from you!
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