Support Worker

Support Worker Job Description

At [Employer hidden], our aim is to promote independent living within the comfort of the home, to help enable our clients to pursue a life that is as full and interesting as possible.

We are seeking passionate and committed individuals, who embody our ethos and values and want to join our specialists’ healthcare professionals.

A suitable Care Worker will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Excellent communication skills with both service users and other members of staff.
• Empathy, compassion, and caring nature.
• Flexible approach to location of work.
• Respect for individual privacy and maintaining service user confidentiality.

Tasks you are required to perform include but is not limited to:

• Assisting service users with personal care.
• Preparing and serving meals to service users and assisting with feeding if required.
• Ensuring service users’ overall comfort and wellbeing.
• Providing activities to stimulate and engage the service user e.g. recreational activities.
• Helping with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits etc.
• Undertaking light cleaning and domestic duties.
• Daily record keeping of all service user activities.
• Liaising with other healthcare professionals to meet the needs of the service user.

Other

• Although there are no formal academic entry requirements, progress towards the appropriate qualifications for the job is expected.
• Both off- and on-the-job training is provided by Dawn Healthcare Solutions .
• A wide range of qualifications including NVQs/SVQs covering various aspects of care are available. Background checks including a DBS check will be required.
• Applicants must typically be a minimum of 18 years old and have experience of working in a healthcare environment.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be modified from time to time in accordance with the development of the service and the employee.

Note : Staff are paid hourly rates.

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