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Job Description
Support Worker
Location: East Leake Nottinghamshire East Midlands
Hours: 12 hours per week
Pay: 12.21 per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe compassionate and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training supervision and career development opportunities.
Why Join Us
As a valued member of our team you ll enjoy:
Competitive Pay & Benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Paid training
Ongoing Support & Recognition
- Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
- 24/7 on-call assistance
- Employee perks including:
- Blue Light discount card
- Long Service Awards
- PA of the Quarter Awards
- 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
The Role
As a Personal Care Assistant you ll be part of our client s dedicated support team providing essential care in their home. You ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.
This role is for 12hrs per week however we can be flexible and will be willing to look at offering more if you are the right candidate. Shifts will be between 9.30am and 6pm depending on our clients needs.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a warm and engaging lady in her 40s who lives in her family home and requires support due to ongoing health conditions. This level of support is vital to maintaining both her independence and overall wellbeing.
She enjoys a rich and varied life with many interests including music meditation watching TV soap operas and spending time outdoors particularly walking in nature which she loves.
As a personal care assistant you will support her with a range of tasks that contribute to her daily living and quality of life. These include assisting with personal care such as bathing dressing and maintaining hygiene as well as preparing healthy nutritious meals and helping with household duties like cleaning laundry and shopping. You will also play a key role in enabling her to participate in social and leisure activities and in offering companionship and emotional support to ensure she feels safe included and content.
Your responsibilities will include supporting her mobility and carrying out safe moving and handling practices administering medication monitoring her general health (such as blood pressure and temperature) and accompanying her to medical appointments when needed. You should be friendly compassionate and a strong communicator with the ability to use initiative and respond effectively in different situations.
It s important to our client that her relationships with family and friends are supported so you should share her values around inclusion and connection. While being a driver is not essential a mobility car is available for taking her out.
A commitment to ongoing training and development is expected as well as ensuring all daily log notes and records are kept up to date.
Requirements
Training & Support
We provide comprehensive paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date covering:
Full induction
Safeguarding Adults
First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety
Personal Care / Medication Administering / Moving & Handling
Mental Health Awareness
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.
Who We re Looking For
Whilst driving is not essential our client lives in a village with limited public transport. A driver is therefore preferred.
A knowledge of MS would be advantageous
Strong communication skills
A compassionate reliable and committed individual
Commitment to long-term person-centred care
Benefits
Join a Team That Cares
At HomeCareDirect we are committed to safe fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted trained and supervised to the highest standards.
If youre dedicated to making a meaningful difference apply today!
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.
Employment Type
Full Time
