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🩺 Health & Social Care · Home Instead

Support Worker - IG6/IG8

Listing ref 4315be3642

COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES:

  • Offer companionship and conversation
  • Monitor diet and eating
  • Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities (for example clothing selection, hobbies and crafts)
  • Arrange and provide reminders for appointments, activities and outings
  • Help with travel arrangements

HOME HELP SERVICES:

  • Run errands / collect prescriptions etc
  • Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, washing and ironing, taking out rubbish, caring for houseplants etc.)
  • Organise and tidy cupboards and check food expiry dates
  • Plan prepare and tidy away meals
  • Answer the door

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES:

  • Provide medication reminders
  • Help with bathing, dressing and grooming
  • Help with continence care
  • Assist to eat and drink
  • Provide Dementia / Alzheimer care
  • Provide respite / convalescence care
  • Assist with morning/wake up and or evening/tuck in

No qualifications needed as full training is provided

As a Care Professional, you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support. If you're looking for work that is extremely rewarding and satisfying and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on 0203 174 3240

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 individuals and expects all staff to share this commitment.

This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.

What this role involves

General background for care worker roles. This listing’s own employer, location, pay and hours are shown above.

  • Make food, assist with eating and make sure medication is taken if needed
  • Support clients to take part in physical and social activities
  • Do routine checks of weight, temperature and blood pressure
Typical pay (UK)
£20,000 starting · £25,000 experienced
Typical hours
35 to 45 a week
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Career background: National Careers Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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