Home Care Assistant Reading, England
Job description
Female Home Care Workers | Reading | Full/ Part Time | £15.50 per hour flat rate.
We are looking someone who can work a range of hours including early mornings, evenings an alternate weekend. When required you will also be supporting the team to ensure all client visits are covered and helping people to stay in the homes they love.
Q1Care is an award-winning family-owned company offering both visiting Home Care Services and Live- In, full time care to clients locally in Berkshire and Oxfordshire, including Henley, Wallingford and Wargrave.
Working for us, you will enjoy a nurturing support network of peers and management to ensure you enjoy your work and get ‘the feeling of making a difference and success’ in your day. We know if you feel a sense of success and pride in your work then our clients will feel that and thrive from it too!
We invest in our staff and want you to be the best you can be; you will receive full training and be supported by an experienced and dedicated management team available 24/7. Upon successful completion of your probationary period, we will support you to gain further qualifications to propel your career in social care if desired.
You will feel job satisfaction like never before in this role, by delivering companionship and personal care in line with the client’s bespoke support plan and you will perform your duties and tasks to enable our clients to continue living within the comfort of their own homes in a safe and secure way.
Are you the right person for us?
- To be able to commit to and attend all client visits
- To be able to cope with emergency and difficult situations and seek solutions
- To be able to communicate effectively and develop effective working relationships with colleagues, families, clients
- To be able to maintain high standards of care provision with compassion and empathy
- Genuine care, compassion and empathy
- Good level of spoken and written English
- Good understanding of what the role entails
- Ability to follow instructions
- Responsible and able to work unsupervised
- Able to cope under pressure
- Flexible availability
- Ability to reside in a client’s home for an extended period (Essential for Live-in Care only)
- Hold a driving licence and have access to a car (Essential for Home Care, desirable for Live-in Care)
- You must have weekend availability
- As a Carer you must be sensitive and responsive to, race, culture, religion, age, disability, gender and sexuality
Your role will include, but will not be limited to
- Providing support and encouragement to empower the client to lead an independent lifestyle
- Providing companionship and conversation
- Shopping
- Meal preparation, cooking and assisting with eating
- Providing personal care
- Accompanying clients to appointments
- Driving clients to desired places
- Light domestic tasks and general household duties
- Recording and reporting; to write and maintain accurate records of care on a daily basis
- To accurately complete Medication Administration Records (MAR charts) in accordance with policies and procedures where this is part of the care plan (once fully trained)
- Assisting with prescribed medication
- Maintain awareness, understanding and adherence to Company rules and policies and procedures as set out in the Employee Handbook
- Treat all clients with respect and dignity
- Maintain personal and client safety by adhering to proper Health & Safety procedures
- Attend/complete mandatory training
What can Q1Care give you?
- NVQ qualifications after a successful probation period
- Generous retention and performance incentive bonus
- Paid annual leave
- We pay the maximum mileage rate recommended by the government
- Competitive hourly rate
- Double pay on Bank Holidays
Please note:
Home Care means any work involving short (e.g. 1 hour calls, day sits, shifts, sleepovers) and we would normally ask that you are available for a minimum of 16 hours per week with some availability during the evenings and some weekends.
If you are ready to start your career at Q1Care, then click APPLY now! We can’t wait to hear from you!
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Job Types: Permanent, Part-time, Full-time
Part-time hours: 0-40 per week
Salary: £15.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Free or subsidised travel
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence and access to a car (required)
Work Location: In person
