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We are seeking Healthcare Support Workers locally and Internationally (under Tier 2 Sponsorship) to join our team. As a Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing personal care to vulnerable individuals and helping them achieve their daily goals.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

· To have a genuine interest in caring for and working with vulnerable people.

· To have good communication skills.

· Ability to adapt to varying working situations.

RESPONSIBLE TO

· Care Coordinator

· Registered Manager

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· To be reliable and committed to providing a high-quality care service to individuals in their own homes.

To be able to drive between service users’ homes to enable you to complete care duties and assignments.

· To be available by mobile phone, and to respond to office emails or texts, on your allocated working days to ensure contact with care coordinators / on-call about short notice rota changes and service user information.

· To be available at agreed times and to be flexible enough to respond to need at short notice and in varying geographical areas (as reasonable) when required to cover service user visits.

· To confirm with area Care coordinator on receipt of your rota and that the details are correct.

· Recognise the team role in the provision of care and support and to attend care staff discussion meetings.

· To ensure that when visiting service users that you follow the procedures, guidelines and best practice as laid out in the Employee Handbook provided at Induction.

· To provide care or support to service users as detailed in their individual care plan

·To attend service user review meetings as required.

· To prompt and, where appropriately trained, to administer prescribed medication as detailed in care plan.

· Maintain communication books in service users’ home, completing details of care provided and date/times of service.

· To ensure that personal protective equipment, gloves and aprons are worn at all times during service user care visits.

· To communicate with Care Coordinators, on-call or Care Services Manager any issues of concerns that you may have for a service user’s well being.

· To communicate with Care Coordinators, on-call or Care Services manager if there is no care plan or communications book in a service user’s home.

· To communicate with Care Coordinators, on-call or Care Services Manager any issues that a service user, their family or representative may raise.

· To attend and participate in regular training, development, supervision and appraisal sessions as required to meet existing and changing needs of service users, employees, legislation and Generations Care Ltd.

If you are passionate about helping others and making a difference in their lives, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

Salary: £10.75 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

• Homecare
• Live-in

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Warwickshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Home care: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person