Care Assistant

Location: Scarborough and Pickering, Home-Well Homecare

Salary: £13.25 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

About Home-Well Homecare

We are committed to delivering compassionate and professional home care services. Our team of skilled caregivers is dedicated to ensuring the well-being and comfort of our clients. We offer personalised care plans designed to meet individual needs, promoting independence and enhancing quality of life. With a focus on respect, dignity, and integrity, we strive to be the trusted care partner for you and your loved ones to create a safe and comfortable environment for those we care for.

Job description/Key Responsibilities

• Personal care support, including medication reminders and personal hygiene.
• Meal and Fluid preparation
• Accessing the community, assisting clients with shopping and errands.
• Travel to and accompaniment to social and medical appointments.
• End of Life Care
• Support with discharge from hospital
• Dementia Care
• Sit in Care
• Domestic duties and housekeeping
• Care provision

Person Specification

• Good understanding of the care and support needs of the client
• Ability to use a person-centred approach to undertake the tasks detailed in the client’s care and support plan and in the least intrusive way
• Confident providing input into the care and support plans of clients by regularly feeding back to management
• Ability to use manual handling equipment safely and correctly.
• Good communication skills and ability to develop effective working relationships with clients.
• Listening skills and able to respect the needs of the client.

Benefits

• Mileage allowance
• Paid travel time

*It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.*   

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Sophie at Sophie.Austen@northyorks.gov.uk for further information. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

Together we can Make Care Matter. 

#MakeCareMatter #EverydayisDifferent #WorkinCare

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