Live In Carers Needed
Are you an experience carer with good practical skills and a friendly and cheerful disposition?
We are looking for a FEMALE ONLY Live-in Carer in Seaton, Devon, to provide reliable and practical support to maintain and maximise our service users’ independence in accordance with their care plan.
You will need to be able to promote autonomy, be able to respond to changing needs and create good routes of communication between our service user, their families and the River Exe Healthcare Management Team.
Package:
- £770 per week
- 4 weeks in/1 week off
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Away days & company paid activities
- Use of pool cars at highly subsidised rates.
- Blue Light Card
- Company-sponsored training development.
- Career Progression Opportunities
- Generous staff referral scheme
Ideal Candidate:
- Will have previous experience within care capacity, whether this be community, care home, or hospital
- You must be a driver with a valid driving licence, ideally with access to car, though pool cars available.
- Have a calm, polite and caring nature.
- Genuine interest in supporting vulnerable adults and wanting to make a difference.
Live-In care Tasks:
- Establishing a working relationship with service users in order that the carer understands their service users’ specific needs and wishes as well as providing companionship.
- Helping service users with daily personal care such as washing, dressing, undressing, bathing, using the toilet, meal, and drink preparation, feeding themselves
- Helping to organise recreational activities as required.
- Helping Service Users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities including promotion of continence.
- Assisting service users in the use of equipment to promote independence.
- Assisting the service users with moving and positioning.
- Supporting the promotion of mental and physical health of service users by talking to them, taking them out, sharing with them activities such as reading writing, hobbies, and interests of a recreational nature.
Household Tasks:
- Carrying out general household tasks such as housework, laundry, and shopping.
- Making and change beds, tidy rooms, and empty commodes as appropriate.
- Housework to maintain a clean and safe environment.
- Laundry, ironing and arranging for mending/replacement of service users clothing.
- Prepare and serve meals, drinks and snacks to Service Users.
- Setting the table or tray, and tidy following meals.
- Answering, the door and greet visitors with courtesy and respect.
- Respecting and maintaining the service user’s home at all times.