Experienced (ideally) Care Worker / Senior Care Worker - £11 per hour + Travel Time + Mileage Allowance

Functieomschrijving Company Overview:
Chamomile care Ltd is a privately owned domiciliary care agency which has recently joined the industry. Our key players have a collaborative experience within the health and social care industry of some 36 years. We have all been Care Workers so fully understand the pressures that Care Workers face and feel. We would like to make a difference to the Care Worker's life, as well as the Service Users. We are a friendly bunch and our door is always open for Care Workers to come in and have a chat.

We aim to become leaders within the industry focusing on quality care for our Service Users and training and developing our Care Workers to a very high standard.

Chamomile Care offers a range of services to people who require help and support to remain independent in their own homes, including personal care. All Service Users will have their own person-centred care plan, because everyone is different. All Care Workers will receive the training and development that is necessary to meet the needs of the care plans, and will be supported to do any extra training that they would like to do.

If you would like more detail, would just like to talk through the role of the Care Worker, or if you feel you could make a difference to someone's life, then please do get in touch.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Care Worker/Senior Care Worker:
The role can include any of the following, the list is not exhaustive.

Ensuring Service Users are receiving a quality service by conducting:
• Telephone monitoring
• Service User reviews and quality assurance

Supporting the Care team:
• Developing and mentoring Care Workers
• Spot checks and competency checks

Personal care
• Assist with bathing, dressing and grooming
• Assist with continence care
• Assist to eat and drink as well as meal preparation

Home support services
• Provide light housework duties including laundry
• Make beds, change linen
• Run errands including shopping
• Organise and tidy cupboards
• Assist with pet care
• Plan and prepare meals

Companionship services
• Provide companionship and engage in conversation
• Monitor diet and eating
• Arrange appointments, activities and social engagements
• Stimulate and encourage a variety of activities
• Provide medication reminders and assist with medication when necessary
• Organise mail and write letters
• Accompany to appointments or activities

Health and Therapeutic care
• You may be asked to provide basic assistance in these areas, but only with specific training and guidance from an appropriate professional.

Location:
• Abingdon and surroundings
• Oxford and surroundings
• Didcot and surroundings

Benefits:
• 30-hour employment contract after probation period
• Supportive, friendly management
• Annual Bonus
• Paid annual leave
• Statutory sick pay
• Pension
• DBS refunded
• Paid training
• In house Training
• Regular supervisions

Functie-eisen In order to be considered for the role you will require the following:
• At least one years' experience of delivering care as a Care Worker.
• The Care Certificate and a reasonable amount of time left on your mandatory training certificates.
• An NVQ3 would be ideal, but a commitment to complete one will suffice.
• A full UK driving licence, business insurance to use your car for work
Contactpersoon
Mike Ackers
01235 617737
[email protected]