Job Overview
Our Care Professionals are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you'll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and support them with their medication. You'll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes, and housework.
Hold onto your hats, because you don’t need any social care experience to join our merry band of care crusaders! We’re more interested in your heart of gold and your ability to sprinkle kindness wherever you go. You’ll need to be as resilient as a rubber band and as eager to learn as a curious kitten.
Key Responsibilities
* Help clients overcome mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including the use of aids/adaptations and personal equipment.
* Assist with domestic tasks such as making and changing beds, tidying rooms, light cleaning, laundry, and emptying commodes.
* Provide personal care, including washing, bathing, and toileting arrangements while maintaining the client’s dignity and privacy.
* Help with eating and drinking by preparing meals, snacks, and drinks, and assisting with feeding if required.
* Assist clients with preparing and administering medication, collecting prescriptions, providing reminders, and helping with administration per care‑plan guidelines.
* Support companionship by being a friendly face, preventing loneliness through engaging conversations, activities, and outings.
* Manage nutrition and mealtimes, preparing tasty and nutritious meals and assisting with feeding when necessary.
* Maintain housekeeping duties: light cleaning, laundry, and tidying up living spaces.
* Provide mobility assistance, helping with transfers, walking support, and the use of mobility aids.
* Monitor health by observing and reporting changes in the client’s physical or mental condition to healthcare professionals and family members.
* Encourage and facilitate participation in community activities and maintain connections with family and friends.
* Offer emotional support, providing a listening ear, empathy, and reassurance to clients experiencing anxiety, loneliness or distress.
* Maintain accurate records of care provided, incidents and changes in the client’s condition.
* Ensure safety by recognizing potential hazards and responding appropriately to emergencies.
* Collaborate effectively with other care team members, healthcare professionals and family members to ensure comprehensive and consistent care.
Qualifications
* No social care experience required – a heart of gold and the ability to sprinkle kindness wherever you go.
* Compassion that oozes from your pores, excellent communication skills, and strong problem‑solving abilities.
* Resilience and eagerness to learn.
* A commitment to delivering top‑notch, respectful care.
Pay & Hours
* Bedfordshire Pay Rate: £13.00 – £13.67 per hour plus 25p mileage.
* Hertfordshire Pay Rate: £14.44 – £15.44 per hour plus 25p mileage.
Shifts work across seven days a week.
DAYS – 06:00/07:00 am to 2:00 pm.
EVENINGS – 2:00 pm to 10:00/11:00 pm.
Benefits
* Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay.
* Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement.
* Death in Service Payment.
* Pension scheme.
* Benefits and Well‑being Platform.
* 28 days annual leave (pro rata).
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral.
* Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands.
* Flexible hours – part and full time available.
* Local work and paid mileage.
* Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays.
* Paid training – online and face to face.
* Self‑development – progression opportunities.
* Access to our in‑house app.
* No experience necessary.
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