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About the Role
Home Instead offers top-notch non-medical care and companionship services for seniors, making us the leading provider worldwide. Our visits last for at least an hour, and our award-winning training ensures Care Professionals deliver the best care. We match Care Professionals to clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to build trust and provide personalized support.
Responsibilities
- Offer companionship and conversation.
- Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities (e.g., clothing selection, hobbies, crafts).
- Accompany clients to appointments and social events (e.g., visiting friends or family, lunch, club meetings).
- Perform light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, washing and ironing, taking out rubbish, caring for houseplants).
- Organize and tidy cupboards, check food expiry dates, and manage shopping.
- Prepare healthy Italian meals from raw ingredients, demonstrating knowledge of food safety.
- Assist with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Help with continence care.
- Consider and understand the perspective of individuals with Dementia/Alzheimer's.
- Assist with morning and evening routines.
Requirements
- Ability to listen, communicate clearly, and build relationships with clients and their families in a friendly and pleasant manner.
- Respect for people with different backgrounds and beliefs, and who may have a range of medical conditions.
- Commitment to non-discriminatory care practice.
- Excellent timekeeping, organization, and reliability.
- Good hygiene practice, including personal hygiene and a smart appearance.
- Must obtain an Enhanced Disclosure from the relevant body.
- Class 1 business insurance (if using own car for business purposes) or reliable transport.
- Resident in the UK.
- All Right to Work documents must be available.
- No sponsorship is available.
Skills
- Non-medical care
- Companionship
- Light housekeeping
- Cooking healthy Italian meals
- Food safety
- Personal care
- Dementia/Alzheimer's care
- Time management
- Organization
- Reliability
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Live-in
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Care experience preferred
Education Level
- No qualification required
- Level 2 NVQ
- Level 3 NVQ
Salary/Compensations
- £130 for 10 active hours in a day
- Enhanced Pay on bank holidays
Benefits
- Free Blue Light Card – National Discount card for hundreds of retailers
- Referral Bonus Scheme
- Health Assured (24/7) Helpline support
- Mileage allowance
- Career Progression Opportunities
About the Company
- Home Instead offers top-notch non-medical care and companionship services for seniors, making us the leading provider worldwide.
- Our visits always last for at least an hour, and our award-winning training ensures that our Care Professionals deliver only the best care.
- We match our 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’re proud of our excellent reputation for quality care we provide to our clients.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work.