Senior Care Assistant
YOU-CAS Ltd a family, friendly Home Care agency are recruiting for a Senior Care Worker to join our expanding team based in the Bournemouth area.
The company is developing and expanding and will require commitment to helping the business grow at a pace that ensures quality remains to the existing high standards.
We are committed to safeguarding and will complete full employment checks including employment references and a DBS check. We offer a flexible approach to working and have a true understanding of the work-life balance.
We Offer:
* £15.50 per hour salary pay
* 40hrs per week
* Weekly pay
* Travel time paid between calls
* Paid tax free mileage @45p per mile
* Paid increments for vehicle advertising
* Flexible working
* Full training provided
* Paid holiday
* Extra days holiday for long service
* Contracted hours
* Pension scheme offered
* £200 welcome bonus*
* Refer a friend scheme
* PPE provided
* Free work clothing if required
* Blue light card
* 10% salon discount
* Free counselling service for you and your family members
* Company mobile phone provided
* Bournemouth and surrounding arears
In this role you will work in a variety of community settings. We believe in seeing a familiar face on a regular basis forming consistent client care and ensuring they enjoy a good quality of life. The quality of the service can only be delivered by people like you, who want to make a difference to the individuals who you support.
Your aim is to follow the clients care plan with dignity and respect.
As a Senior Care Worker your duties will include:
* To liaise and maintain positive working relationships with clients and care staff, (this will include regular care reviews, staff spot checks and supervisions).
* Completing risk assessments.
* To assist in the planning and implementing of care packages and support plans for individual service users
* To coordinate the team of care workers by updating and managing their daily work schedules.
* To maintain accurate and timely records.
* To manage and delegate the allocation of support workers to specific service users in line with their individual needs and the carer's experience/expertise.
* To participate in staff training/development when this is deemed appropriate to new and existing staff.
* Ad Hoc requirements to work weekends, cover sickness or utilise bank staff.
* Quality monitoring and auditing.
* Assisting people when getting up in the morning including washing/bathing, dressing/undressing, maintaining their personal appearance and getting to bed in the evening.
* Helping with the preparation of meals, drinks, and snacks when necessary.
* Assisting with toileting and changing clothes and/or bedding where necessary.
* Maintaining commodes, washing clothes and bed linen (which may include soiled laundry) when necessary.
* Aiding with other tasks of personal daily living that the service user cannot manage and providing general support as part of a caring team.
* Encouraging and assisting with the management of medication, administering where necessary and monitoring health-related conditions such as dietary & fluid intake.
* Helping service users with mobility difficulties, or other physical disabilities, including incontinence. This includes the use of aids and other personal equipment.
* Flexibility is required for this role due to the needs of the business.
* Alternate weekends
To be a successful Senior Care Worker you will have the following skills and experience:
* Full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle.
* Experience in a senior care role
* Previous experience in a home care environment
* Ability to demonstrate a good working knowledge of care standards in domiciliary care.
* Good IT skills (Training will be given)
* Resilient, with good interpersonal skills
* Must be flexible and able to work weekends to cover sickness if required.
* To represent the company in a professional manner on the telephone, face to face or in written communication.
* Love working with people and enjoy giving back to your local community.
* Kind, caring and compassionate nature.
* Transferable DBS beneficial however not a necessity.
* Working closely with all members of staff to ensure excellent continuity is always maintained.
* Liaising with Care Assistants, social services and customers families, therefore excellent communication and telephone communication skills are required.
* Available to monitor the phones when required, to respond to contact from staff and clients. This is not an on-call telephone.
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship at this present time.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £15.50 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
Language:
* English (required)
Work Location: On the road