Job Title: Care Assistant	Salary: £22,360 on a 40 hour a Week role. (£10.75 per hour)
Line Manager	Care Coordinator

Our home care services in the community requires a dedicated and conscientious Healthcare assistant to join our friendly team on a full-time basis. We’re seeking a caring and compassionate individual who enjoys interacting with the elderly and assisting them with their daily living activities. Candidates must be warm and friendly, with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a genuine passion for providing service with high quality care and support. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, well- organized and able to work both independently and as part of a team. Proven experience in working with the elderly, in either a paid or voluntary capacity, is desirable for this role. COVID-19 considerations: Full PPE provided.

Main duties and responsibilities:

 

• Responsibility to emergencies and providing guidance and support to service users.
• Preparing reports related to the progress of patients
• Scheduling, managing and updating the staff roster whilst managing absence and urgent cover requirements
• Managing budgets and ensuring financial effectiveness of medical care settings
• Assisting senior carers/care coordinators with creating care plans and liaising with staff in relation to this
• Assisting clients with personal care tasks, such as washing, meal preparation, dressing, eating (feeding and serving meals at table or in bed if required), grooming and toileting.
• Ensuring an enhanced comfort and wellbeing of service users.
• Providing interest and activities to stimulate and engage service users
• Assistance with other daily activities such as letter writing, accompany them to appointments, paying bills, collecting benefits when required.
• Performing housekeeping tasks such as dusting, vacuuming and hanging bed clothes
• Assisting in the safe lifting, transferring, repositioning and movement of clients

to provide social support such as talking and listening to people who use our services, helping them maintain contact with family and friends.

• To report all changes in the health and social circumstances of people who use our services to the Registered Manager as soon as practical.
  • Receive, transmit, store and retrieve information.
  • To work as part of a team with colleagues and work closely with other agencies and professionals involved in the care of people who use our services, for example District Nurses.
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of work teams.
  • To prompt people who use our services to take their medication as identified by the support plan.
  • To attend any training provided by the company and to attend meetings, and reviews regarding the people who use our services as required.
  • Develop one’s own knowledge and practice.

Qualifications and Skills

 

• Certification or writing in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Training in safe patient handling and movement desirable, but not essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures] patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• The ability to handle multiple tasks safely and efficiently
• Clear verbal communication skills to explain sensitive information
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Ability to handle multiple tasks safely and efficiently
• Clear verbal communication skills to explain sensitive information
• Ability to work well with others

Requirements of Care Worker

•  English Language
• Health and Social Care Level 2 NVQ or equivalent
• Employment History
• 2 references
• ID / Passport
• Right to work in the UK/visa (or ready to apply for one, if you are overseas)
• Enhanced DBS disclosure (if you are overseas, be prepared to carry out regular DBS checks when you are in the UK).
• Other supporting/Relevant qualifications and training.

Benefits of Care Worker

•  Competitive PAY RATES!
• Free Uniforms
• Free Work-based Training on several relevant courses e.g. Health and Safety

Manual Handling

Working in a Person-centered Way Health, Safety and Welfare Level

Equality and Diversity and Human Rights Level Managing Challenging Behavior

Preventing Radicalization (Mental Health) Duty of Care

Conflict Resolution Safeguarding Adults Safeguarding Children Privacy and Dignity Communication

Basic life support including CPR (Theory)

Conflict Resolution, Dealing with Aggression and Violence Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) Food Hygiene

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Handling Complaints

Infection Prevention and Control

Information Governance (Including Caldecott Principles) Lone Working

Mental Health Awareness

Moving and Manual Handling (Theory)

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) Anxiety

Autism Awareness

Awareness of Learning Disabilities Awareness of Mental Health Catheter Care

Dealing with Fraud in the Health and Social Care Settings Dementia Awareness

Diabetes Awareness Epilepsy

Hand Washing

Medication Competence Assessment

• 28 days of annual paid holiday per year on a pro-rata basis
• Flexible Working Hours plus overtime at £10.10 per hour
• Monthly Payroll
• Company pension scheme (auto-enrolment)
• All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters that they might learn in the course of their employment. All staff must respect the requirements set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.
• All staff must ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974.
• All staff must also ensure that they read and abide by the Code of Practice of both the United Kingdom Home Care Association (UKHCA) and the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
• Copies of both codes are available from at the Immaculate Care Services’ offices

International Applicants:

Part of the relocation support we offer includes, a full onboarding for the first month and induction programmer tailored to suit each individual’s needs, assistance with National Insurance registration and opening a bank account, providing letters of reference confirming employment status where required and airport pick-up.

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Contact Us

Staffordshire Branch

Allot Healthcare Services Ltd – 
Surestore
Ninth Avenue
Burton-Upon-Trent
Burton
DE14 3JZ
E: staffsdom@allothcs.co.uk
T: 01283 205704

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