Home Carer
Home Carer
VACANCY: 5 POSITIONS
SALARY: £20,500.00 per annum
Job Description:
As a home carer, the candidate will attend to the personal needs and
comforts of the elderly and the in rm with care and support needs of the
‘service users’ within residential care establishments, day care
establishments or in their own homes.
Job Responsibilities:
• To assists and enables service users to undress, wash, use the toilet
and bathe;
• To serve meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with
feeding if required;
• To assist with service users an overall comfort and well-being;
• To provide interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service
users;
• To help with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills,
collecting bene ts;
• To undertake light cleaning and domestic duties including meal
preparation as required;
• To monitor service users conditions by taking temperature, pulse,
respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping;
• To liaise with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc;
• To be aware of the changing needs of a service user and to report
these to the Line Manager;
• To assist service users with physical therapy exercises;
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• To provide emotional support to service users;
• To act at all times, whilst on duty, in accordance with Uriel Care2u
philosophy;
• To exercise responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act
1974 and the policies and procedures of Uriel Care2u including
re, reporting of accidents and call out of GP/District Nurse/
emergency services.
Experience • Experience of
working in a similar • H a s t r a i n e e s h i p o r
role in a care apprenticeship
environment
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Skills/Abilities • Good personal care • Necessary training such
skills as health and safety,
• Good knowledge rst aid and moving and
about mental health handling
• Good in • Additional speci c
companionship training such as autism
• Knowledge in meal a w a r e n e s s ,
planning and communication skills or
preparation working with people
• G o o d with dementia
communication • Excellent understanding
skills of health, safety and
• Compassionate cleanliness
about the job, • to be able to carry out
helping people on a basic tasks on a
daily basis computer or hand-held
regardless of their device
background, age or
the issues they face
• Ability in
management,
planning and team
working
• Respectful to
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Personal Qualities • Dedicated in
personal life, job
role comes rst than
other things
• Ability to take work
pressure
• Friendliness such
as being open and
warm with the
clients
• Attentiveness and
sense of humor
• Can remain strong
and calm during
dif cult times
• Has desire to learn
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