Home Supoprt Worker

Placed: 19/12/17
Region: West Midlands
Location: Coventry
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

**Consummate Care (UK) Ltd** are looking to recruit Home Support Workers in Coventry (CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5 and CV6 areas). You will visit service users in their living locations to provide care and support in their day to day living.

**Benefits for being a care support worker:**

* Competitive rates of pay £7.50 - £8.40
* Experienced and professional 24/7 support
* Flexible shifts
* Access to continuous professional and personal development
* Being part of a friendly team in a fast-growing organisation
* Holiday Pay
* Free Uniform
* Mandatory Training

**For care support worker** :

* Ideally you will possess at least 6 month experience but not essential as all training will be provided, driving licence desirable but not essential.
* Two references, one of which to be either your current or most recent employer.
* An enhanced DBS.

**T** **he tasks you will be asked to undertake are: (this list is not exhaustive, please refer to care workers role):**

**PERSONAL CARE**

* Washing/bathing/showering a persons body and hair
* Mouth care such as the cleaning of dentures and teeth
* Dressing
* Toileting which may include changing continence pads and dealing with catheter and stoma bags
* Helping them to eat and drink
* Helping them with their personal appearance
* Prompting or administering their medication
* Meal preparation
* Emptying commodes and urine bottle

**DOMESTIC CARE**

* Laundry
* Cleanliness of the house such as washing up, hovering, dusting, cleaning bathrooms and kitchens
* Generally making sure service users are comfortable and warm

** ** SOCIAL CARE**

* Collecting pensions and prescriptions
* Shopping
* Talking and listening
* Escort Duties
* Sitting Services
* Activities such as reminiscence, dominoes, reading letters etc
* Assist service users to participate in cultural and religious activities

**SUPPORT Duties**

* Organise appointments to doctors, dentists, opticians etc
* Ensure access to the wider community and maintain links with family and friends
* Participate in social functions in the community e.g. Day Care, Library visits
* Offer assistance with access to and understanding of benefits

**HEALTH AND THERAPEUTIC CARE**

You may sometimes be asked from time to time to provide basic tasks in these areas, but only with guidance and supervision of an appropriate professional.

Price / Salary: + Holiday Pay