Live In Care Professional Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
Job description
Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our Live In Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.
We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team in Slough as a Live In Care Professional. As a Live In Care Professional, you will live in a client's home and provide a variety of non-medical services to help them keep independent in their own home.
You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Live In Care Professional. However, it would be useful to have some experience of working in a care setting or interacting with older people. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience. You will have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. You will enjoy building professional friendships and comfortable in spending time in the company of others.
Our clients are typically older people living in their own homes who's care needs warrant a live-in care professional. Your daily chores may include helping clients wash and get dressed for the day, prepare meals and engaging clients in suitable activities. Ensuring the household chores are completed is also something the live-in Care Professional would need to be focused on. Ensuring that all aspects of the clients care needs are addressed and also working in collaboration with the support of coordinators and other staff members is key.
A good command of the English language is essential. Great communication and listening skills is also very useful to have but what's most important in this line of work is empathy, and patience. If you are a caring, compassionate person who is willing to take the time to understand a clients care needs and meet them to your best abilities, then this is the job for you.
Additional Information
As a Live In Care Professional, you will be provided with 3 meals a day or an allowance from the client, a separate room to stay and access to a TV and WiFi. In addition, we offer comprehensive training and support.
If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on 01753201055
We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.
