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Job Description
Support Worker
Location: Norwich Norfolk East Anglia
Hours: 2 x 24hr posts (12hr shifts)
Pay: 14.00 - 14.50 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 to provide personalised complex care for our client in his own home in Norwich. Offering 24hrs a week on 12-hour shifts which will be 08:00 - 20:00 09:00 - 21:00 or 20:30 08:30. You will work on a flexible rota across all days to ensure continuity of care.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a gentleman in his 50s who has diabetes and whose condition of MS has progressed which both need to be monitored on a regular basis. He suffers from chronic pain and memory loss and requires support in all aspects of mobility and daily living including personal/continence care which includes catheter care PEG feeding blood glucose monitoring and medication administration.
Other duties include ensuring proper hydration bathing performing general domestic tasks accompanying him to appointments following SALT and continence guidelines and collaborating closely with other team members.
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 / Catheter Care
- Gastrostomy
- Moving & Handling / Falls Awareness
- Medication Care Needs / Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Diabetes Awareness / Mental Health / Multiple Sclerosis
Who We re Looking For
- It is preferable that you have care experience due to our clients complex needs however our dedicated nurse for this package will provide training and support
- Knowledge and experience of diabetes and MS
- Our client has a Labrador so you should be comfortable around dogs as you will need to help care for her and be happy to take her for walks
- Driver with a full UK driving licence as this role will include driving our client to appointments
- You must be comfortable in a smoking environment as our client is a smoker
- 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
