We don’t just give care We take care as well.

Wages: £13 per hour

VCare is looking for dedicated and reliable care workers with excellent work ethics and a passion in caring for people.

Care workers are required to assist in the caring for service users in their own homes. The successful candidates will be required to undertake personal care and household duties for service users suffering from mobility problems, dementia, end of life, or simply needing help to get back on their feet after hospitalisation.

Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality care
• Respect the individuality, dignity, and confidentiality of each service user
• Respect each service users’ independence, and authority, and to treat them at all times with fairness and courtesy
• Ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the service users and themselves
• Assisting the service users to get up out of bed, as well as getting into bed to rest
• Assisting service users with personal hygiene, dressing, undressing, toileting needs etc
• Keep service users company by day or during sitting/waking night in the service user’s home at night, and provide personal care as required
• Assisting service users with preparation of meals, or other food and/or beverages as needed
• Undertake cleaning duties e.g. dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, washing dishes etc
• Maintain regular communication with the care manager

Necessary Skills/Qualifications:

• Good standard of spoken and written English
• Achieved or willing to study towards NVQ2/Health & Social Care Diploma
• Full Driving License, and own car
• Excellent communication skills and a good team player

Benefits:

• Free comprehensive training and theoretical/practical induction program
• Opportunity to work towards a Health and Social diploma (if not already achieved)
• Flexible hours, and a variety of work
• Continuous support, development, and training
• Group personal pension scheme also available
• Excellent rates of pay with additional payment for waking nights