Home Instead
Care Assistant
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Company Description
Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of care and companionship services, which help our clients remain independent in their own homes. Our Care Assistants benefit from award-winning training and ongoing support throughout their Home Instead journey. We are committed to changing the face of ageing by delivering quality care to our clients.
Job Description
To provide a variety of non-medical services that allow clients to remain in their own homes and to enhance the quality of their life.
To help clients and their families meet the challenges of ageing with dignity, pride, care, and compassion.
Primary Responsibilities
- Reflect the core values of Home Instead franchise
- Contribute to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life
- Document daily activities and report any significant changes in a client’s needs or living conditions
- Maintain regular communication with line manager and office staff
Companionship Services
- Offer companionship and conversation
- Monitor diet and eating
- Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities (for example clothing selection, hobbies, and crafts)
- Arrange and provide reminders for appointments, activities, and outings
- Help with travel arrangements
- Accompany to appointments and social events (for example visiting friends or family, lunch, club meetings)
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Home Help Services
- Run errands / collect prescriptions, etc.
- Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, washing and ironing, taking out rubbish, caring for houseplants, etc.)
- Organise and tidy cupboards and check food expiry dates
- Plan, prepare, and tidy away meals
- Assist with pet care (if comfortable with animals)
- Supervise home maintenance
- Help with shopping and oversee home deliveries
Personal Care Services
- Provide medication reminders
- Help with bathing, dressing, and grooming
- Help with continence care
- Assist to eat and drink
- Provide Dementia / Alzheimer care
- Assist with morning/wake up and or evening/tuck in
Essential Criteria
- Ability to treat and care for clients and their property with dignity and respect
- Ability to adapt to various living environments and locations
- Ability to listen, communicate clearly, and build relationships with clients and their families in a friendly and pleasant manner
- Willingness to work and communicate professionally with Home Instead office teams and other social and health care professionals
- Respect for people with different backgrounds and beliefs to your own and who may have a range of medical conditions. Commitment to non-discriminatory care practice
- Willing to seek guidance when needed and follow instructions
- Excellent timekeeper who is organised and reliable
- Ability to adapt to change quickly and make common sense decisions at short notice
- Good hygiene practice, including personal hygiene and a smart appearance
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This role will require you to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure from the relevant body
Additional Information
Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The role is subject to references and a PVG Disclosure Scotland check.
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