Senior Care Worker Kent
Job description
About us - Winsor Care Services is a company, registered in England & Wales (10725172). It will offer Personal Care to adults and young adults (between 18-65 years of age) and older people (over 65 years of age). It will provide this service to clients with dementia, Mental Health, People with an eating disorder, learning difficulties or autistic spectrum disorder, Sensory impairment, and Physical disability in their own homes (Domicilary Care Service Type).
Winsor Care Services provides support to individuals living in their own homes to assist and improve the quality of their lives whilst maintaining their independence and personal choice. Our aim is to make every day a good day for every one of our clients. We will achieve this by providing the best care to every client every day. We will encourage all clients and their families to live as independently as possible. Our ethos is empowerment, inclusion and that person-centred care is communicated in everything we do.
OUR VALUES 1. To meet assessed needs: Before we provide services, we ensure that a potential service user’s needs and preferences are thoroughly assessed. We aim to ensure that the care the agency provides meets the assessed needs for each service user and that needs are re-assessed as frequently as necessary and that the care and support provided have the flexibility to respond to changing needs or requirements. 2. To focus on service users: We aim to provide personal care and support in ways which have positive outcomes for service users and promote their active participation. 3. To ensure that we are fit for purpose: We examine our operations constantly to ensure that we are successfully achieving our stated aims and purposes. We welcome feedback from our service users, their families, and relatives. 4. Commitment to quality: We are fully committed to providing high quality services and to continuously improve in the level of the care we offer. We will always employ a quality workforce. 5. Community involvement: We work for the comprehensive welfare of all our service users. We will provide a package of care to each service user that contributes to his or her overall personal and healthcare needs and preferences. We will co-operate with other services and professionals to help to maximise each service user’s independence and to ensure as fully as possible the service user’s participation in the community.
OBJECTIVES Guided by our values we will look to achieve the following objectives: To ensure that the service is delivered flexibly, attentively and in a non discriminatory fashion while respecting each service user’s right to independence, privacy, dignity, fulfilment, and the rights to make informed choices and to take risks. To ensure that service users’ needs, and values are respected in matters of religion, culture, race or ethnic origin, sexuality and sexual orientation, political affiliation, marital status, parenthood and disabilities and impairments. We will make sure that equal opportunities exist. To ensure that the care service in totality is delivered in accordance with agreed purchasing contracts or individual care agreements. To manage and implement a formal programme of staff planning, selection, recruitment, training, retention, and personal development to enable the care needs of service users to be always met by suitable and qualified workers. To ensure that staff receive the necessary training and personal development to perform their duties in the most effective manner in line with Winsor Care Services business philosophy. To match our care and support workers as closely as possible with the service user and to respect the need to change the care/support worker in the event of subsequent non-compatibility. To undertake a risk assessment of environmental and ergonomic health and safety hazards within the home of each new service user, and to ensure that areas of concern are duly reported to the purchaser/service user. Such risk assessments will consider the right of the service user to take risks. To ensure that all service users receive written information on the organisation’s policy and procedure for handling complaints, comments, and compliments and how to use them.
We are looking for a Senior Care Worker to join our team and provide high-quality care to our clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing personal care and support to elderly and disabled individuals, monitoring their health, administering medication, and helping them with daily activities. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a compassionate nature, and the ability to work independently.
Responsibilities:
- Provide emotional and physical support to elderly clients.
- Assist clients with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and eating.
- Assist with medication management.
- Provide companionship and conversation to clients.
- Provide transportation for clients to medical appointments and other activities.
- Assist with light housekeeping tasks such as laundry and meal preparation.
- Ensure that clients are safe in their environment.
- Must have a good communication skills in English
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 60 months
Salary: £10.50-£12.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- UK visa sponsorship
Flexible Language Requirement:
- English not required
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kent: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)
Experience:
- providing care: 1 year (required)
- supervisory: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (required)
- Care Certificate (preferred)
- Mandatory training (preferred)
Willingness to travel:
- 25% (required)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 19/06/2023
