Domiciliary Caregiver

Company Description

Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of domiciliary home care services for senior adults. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation, we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. At Home Instead Aylesbury Vale and North East Oxfordshire, we match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and provide personalised support. Each day and client is different, but the core services you will be offering focus around personal care, home help, and companionship.

At Home Instead we are committed to changing the face of aging by providing the best possible care to our clients. We are a firm believer that just because we get older, it should not mean we are limited in what we can do. The high quality care which our team provide is vital to helping us achieve this aim, and improving the lives of the clients we support.

Job Description

Home Instead Aylesbury are now offering sponsorship swaps. Please apply for this position via the link below:

https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/recruitment/aylesbury-oxfordshire/

During your application, please mention that you require sponsorship.

Are you on sponsorship with a Domiciliary Care Company, but not getting the required hours? If so, we would love to hear from you!

As a full-time Care Professional, you will have guaranteed contracted hours. As part of this, it is required that you be flexible regarding your hours of work and that you are available to work weekends as well as evenings.

Your tasks as a Care Assistant will be based around the following:

• Providing personal care
• Administering medication
• Assisting with daily living
• Home help tasks
• Being a friendly companion to our clients
• Preparing meals and monitoring client's diets
• Assisting to appointments
• Ensuring that clients can remain independent in their own homes

A Care Assistant with Home Instead Aylesbury Vale is someone who has a kind and compassionate heart and wants to make a true difference in the quality of life for older adults. Our Care Assistants provide support that is completely personalised to the individual based on a close bond being formed through shared experiences and interests. You will enjoy building professional and respectful friendships and be comfortable spending time in the company of others with the ability to adapt to meet client’s needs.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has at least one year of care experience in the past, be this in a domiciliary field, a care home, or a hospital setting.

To be considered for this role, you will need to already be in the UK and on Sponsorship.

You will also be required to have a driver's license and access to your own vehicle and relocate to the Aylesbury area.

An ideal candidate will have good people skills and be a warm and empathetic person, with a genuine passion for improving the lives of others around them.

It would also be beneficial if you are currently located in Aylesbury or the surrounding area

Additional Information

An ideal applicant for this role will be:

• Results driven
• Adaptable to change
• People orientated
• Customer focused
• Comfortable with influencing change
• A team player and confident in collaborating with others
• A good communicator & proficient in relationship management
• An advocate for our brand values
• An agile learner
• Hard working

Additional Information

• Auto-enrolled company pension
• Opportunities for training and development
• Become part of a growing organisation
• Work for one of the UK's leading home care providers
• Paid mileage when travelling between clients
• Minimum of an hour spent with each client

If you have a passion for caring and the motivation to help us achieve our ambitions, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighborhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.