Location: Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & surrounding areas

Job Type: Full Time/Part Time/Contract

Pay Rates: TBA

Job Number: JB005

 

Requirements

• No experience required as full training provided. 

• Professional

• Courteous and calm 

• Caring, empathetic and proactive 

• Good written skills with ability to record information correctly

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Job Description

A domiciliary care worker is a paid care professional who visits people in their own homes, helping them to continue living independently. Everyone is different and so the level and amount of care can vary, depending on the clients’ needs. The client might be someone who needs a paid carer one hour a week or for several hours a day — the amount of time needed varies. It can also be temporary — some people might need a care worker while they recover from an illness, and in other cases the care is long-term. Some domiciliary workers work nights for those who need round-the-clock care.

 

Working as a carer in the home involves

• Personal care

• Assisting with household tasks

• Accompanying the client on visits to the doctor or hospital

 

One day you could be assisting someone with mobility issues, the next you could be helping care for someone with dementia — so the work is varied.

 

Duties & Responsibilities

A domiciliary care worker’s role is focused on the individual and their different needs, so the duties are diverse, which helps to keep the job interesting and increases job satisfaction and motivation.

 

Duties can include:

• Administering medication

• Making meals

• Helping with personal care such as washing, dressing, hair, nail, mouth and skin care, and eating and drinking

• Escorting clients to an activity or a medical appointment

• Chatting and engaging with relatives and providing care updates

• Companionship — communicating and taking an interest in your client’s needs

• Errands such as shopping

• Helping with household tasks, including gardening, cleaning, household maintenance, washing clothes, doing the weekly shop or making the bed

• Assisting with paperwork such as paying bills

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Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay

• Flexible working hours

• Career progression and training opportunities

• Staff incentive schemes such as Refer a friend

• Employee of the month awards

• Employee welfare and well-being initiatives