Home Instead Senior Care

Home Care Assistant Wandsworth, Lambeth & Dulwich, UK


PayCompetitive
LocationLondon/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: REF15451L

      Job Description

      Are you looking for rewarding jobs in Wandsworth? We have local part-time jobs available in Wandsworth, Lambeth & Dulwich

      We understand that being a great CAREGiver requires a certain type of person with a compassionate nature.

      Home Instead focuses on quality of life and can help vulnerable individuals stay in their homes by providing high-quality care as an alternative to residential care facilities. We assist our customers with personal care, medication administration, light housework, and other day-to-day tasks at their homes.

      Whether you're looking for a new career with flexible hours, want to change jobs, or want to make a positive impact in giving an elderly person a high quality of care. Becoming a home carer may offer you some interesting and rewarding opportunities.

      Home Carer Salary & Benefits

      • Rewarding Role with Career path Progression

      • Industry Leading Training Full PPE Protection

      • Care Certification

      • Enhanced rate on bank holidays - Earn at double rates over bank holidays

      • Employee Benefits

      Home Care Assistant Job Description

      This is an exciting opportunity to become a Home Instead CAREGiver. You will make a real difference in vulnerable adults' lives with high standards of care by helping them stay in their own homes.

      It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join our friendly care team as a home care professional. We'll pair you up with a small group of Clients in your area, and you'll help them live happy, independent lives by providing high-quality care from our person-centred care plan.

      The demands of elderly care define the hours of a Home Care Assistant. In general, shift work and irregular unsociable hours, such as nights, weekends, and holidays, are part of the profession.

      Range of Duties for a Home Carer:

      • Assist our clients with domestic chores.

      • Prompting and assisting clients with their medicine

      • Daily living - Assist with getting into and out of the shower, as well as getting dressed.

      • Mobility Assistance

      • Simple dinner preparation and mild household tasks.

      • Companionship, a cup of tea, and a natter are all good ways to improve communication skills.

      • Shopping excursions, social calls, appointments, clubs, hobbies, day trips and social activities.

      Home Instead Wandsworth, Lambeth and Dulwich are searching for:

      • A great timekeeper who is well-organised and dependable.

      • Passionate workers who have a sense of humour.

      • A person with a compassionate nature who wants to make a positive and genuine difference to people.

      • Someone who will always treat clients with courtesy and respect.

      • A caring person who is an excellent listener who can hold a conversation and create courteous and warm connections with customers and their families.

      • Be able to multitask with daily activities.

      • Strength and endurance as you may need to perform long shifts and lift clients.

      • Individuals who are patient and able to remain calm in situations.

      • Someone who is great at organising daily tasks and fun activities

      Previous Care Experience Requirements

      We don't hire based on previous experience or skill level. We want to give our clients the best service possible, and in order to do so, we need to be outstanding individuals with a caring nature. We desire a personal touch from our employees, who treat each client as if they were members of their own family. That's why we don't require our applicants to have any previous caring experience.

      We care about our Caregivers as much as we care about our clients. We'll make sure you get all the training requirements and growth you need.

      All you need to start the role is

      • You have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

      • Good grasp of the English language

      • A kind and compassionate heart

      Home Instead Wandsworth, Lambeth and Dulwich works with clients with many different conditions, including people with visual impairment, dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

  • About the company

      Home Instead Senior Care UK is a network of franchises specialising relationship-led domiciliary care for the elderly, in support of aging in place.