Carer - Domiciliary care Kent
Job description
Carers - Domiciliary care
Bromley Healthcare - Care at Home are recruiting caregivers to provide domiciliary care to service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person-centered care, supporting the service user to undertake, a wide range of care needs, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices
We are currently recruiting Caregivers for Bromley & Bexley, please note the Bexley roles are based in DA5, DA14 & DA15.
We have full-time and part-time opportunities available so if you can only work in the evenings or weekends or you would like to discuss shifts that fit around childcare; we would like to hear from you as are open-minded to different shift patterns.
We are committed to developing our people and recognise the benefits of growing our own. We offer a range of apprenticeships in different subjects and academic levels.
For those interested in careers in nursing, there is the opportunity to train as an apprentice Nursing Associate and then later, undertake an 18 month top up to become a Registered Nurse. We may also be able to offer a four-year Registered Nurse apprenticeship to those who already meet university entrance requirements and we are looking to offer degree apprenticeships for some Allied Health Professions too.
Please note this role does not qualify for a Sponsorship Visa.
You will encourage and support service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person-centred care. You will be responsible for a wide range of care needs or supporting the service user, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.
You will be kind, caring and compassionate and be passionate about making a difference to the quality of life for our service users.
Duties include:
- Providing high quality person centred care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan
- Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities.
- Administering medications
- Shopping and meal preparation support
- Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning
- Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities
- Manual handling, using equipment where required
- Promoting service users health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest
- Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends
- Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition
In delivering our service, we aim to follow these values:
1. Linking and connecting – Forming a good connection, actively listening and focusing on the other person (be it those in our care and staff).
2. Enjoying what we do – We want all our staff to take pride in their work, be happy and innovative and help others to enjoy life.
3. Embody the 6C’s – Care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment in everything we do and deliver. We strive to promote choice and rights, as well as celebrate individuality and diversity.
4. Ensuring the best result - Outcome based care planning, strategies and policies, striving for the best result for those in our care and our staff.
JOB SUMMARY
To provide domiciliary care to service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person-centred care, supporting the service user to undertake, a wide range of care needs, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.
You will encourage and support service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person centred care.
You will be responsible for, a wide range of care needs, or supporting the service user, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.
This role will require the Caregiver to be flexible and to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends.
You will be kind, caring and compassionate and be passionate about making a difference to the quality of life for our service users.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The role of a Caregiver is varied and largely depends on the service users you’re working with. These duties include:
- Providing high quality person centred care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan
- Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities
- Administering medications
- Shopping and meal preparation support
- Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning
- Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities
- Manual handling, using equipment where required
- Promoting service users health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest
- Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends
- Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition.
- Treating service users with dignity and respect, communicating effectively to meet their diverse needs
The post holder has a responsibility to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk and will be trained to the appropriate level as determined by the post.
The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including;
- Constantly improve our services
- Treat others as we would like to be treated
- Hit our targets
The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare’s relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code (s) of conduct associated with this post.
The job description reflects the immediate requirements and objectives of the post. This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, as directed by the line manager. This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
CAREGIVER
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualfications:
NVQ 2 or willing to work towards Diploma in Health and Social Care Care Certificate - Desirable
Training:
Willingness to participate in training relevant for this post including the Care Certificate - Essential
Specific Skills
Using your skills to make a real difference to service users and their families at a very difficult time in their lives - Essential
Excellent listening skills and an ability to build up a rapport with people - essential
Respect for individuals, regardless of their race, gender, culture - Essential
An understanding of the importance of confidentiality - Essential
A friendly, caring and sensitive approach - Essential
Full, clean Driving Licence - Desirable
Experience
Previous experience of working within a care environment - Essential
Ability to learn new skills and gain new experience - Essential
Ability to use own initiative - Essential
Ability to communicate effectively - Essential
Information Technology
IT literate - Essential
Experience of using electronic recording systems - Desirable
Experience of using electronic rostering systems - Desirable
