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Senior Domicilary Care Worker

• Routinely oversees and monitors care workers and home carers;
• takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty;
• responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers;
• assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe;
• serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required;
• generally assists with service users’ overall comfort and well being;
• provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user;
• helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits;
• undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required;
• monitors service users’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping;
• liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc
• Supports the registered manager in the day to day running of the business

Requirements

Car driver and must have access to a car

NVQ 3 in health and social care or studying towards the qualification or the willingness to enrol on the course

Flexible working

Ability to lead a team of care workers

Ability to draw up and review care plans as directed by the manager

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Salary: £11.00-£11.50 per hour

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Experience:

• providing care: 1 year (required)
• supervisory: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location: One location