Alexandras Community Care are looking to recruit experienced carers to work within complex care packages based in Falmouth.
You will be supporting people in their day to day living, ensuring they are safe and comfortable and living as independently as possible. You will be expected to help with personal tasks as well as accompany them to appointments, shops, events and days out.
You will need to have a friendly, caring disposition to make someone feel comfortable and safe in your presence.
Benefits:
£12.25-£12.75 per hour depending on shifts worked
Enhanced bank holiday rates
Mileage and travel time paid if working in the community
Free Uniform
Ongoing training and support
Support to gain Care Certificate / NVQ 2/ NVQ 3
Support to progress to management level – support with NVQ 5
Twice yearly bonus , based on hours worked, average employee who is doing 35 hours plus is receiving £500-£800 bonus
Full and part time permanent contracts
Financial assistance
Away days and monthly incentives
Responsibilities:
Support with personal care
Support with maintaining home
Support with recycling
Support with maintaining garden
Support with laundry
Support with meal prep
Proactively encourage the client to engage
Medication prompting and support
Support with accessing the community
Support with visiting spouse
Support with food/clothes shopping
Support to make regular hair/nail/beauty appointments as required
Support to attend medical appointments/dental/CMHT/GP
Support with activities the client enjoys
Support to explore suitable leisure/fitness activities – the client has mentioned swimming as an option
Support with meal prep
Requirements:
Some previous experience within care capacity, whether this be community, care home, hospital or similar
Ideally complex are experience, but training can be given as long as possesses some care experience
Able to work under pressure and with challenge behaviour
Be able to work every other weekend
Friendly, trustworthy and caring nature
Driving not essential but must live in Falmouth or be able to commute to and from required destination
Shifts will be 9-5 & 5-10
Our ideal candidate:You will need to have a friendly, caring disposition to make someone feel comfortable and safe in your presence.
Essential Skills:Some previous experience within care capacity, whether this be community, care home, hospital or similar
Ideally complex are experience, but training can be given as long as possesses some care experience
Able to work under pressure and with challenge behaviour
Be able to work every other weekend
Friendly, trustworthy and caring nature
Driving not essential but must live in Falmouth or be able to commute to and from required destination
