Senior Domiciliary Care Worker

Want to make a difference to someone's life while getting paid? Chamomile Care are looking for a Senior Domiciliary Care Worker to work within the Abingdon and Oxford area.

Chamomile Care offers a range of services to people who require help and support to remain independent in their own homes.

We aim to become leaders within the industry focusing on quality care for our Service Users and training and developing our Care Workers to a very high standard.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Senior Care Worker:

The role can include any of the following, the list is not exhaustive.

Ensuring Service Users are receiving a quality service by conducting:

• Telephone monitoring

• Service User reviews and quality assurance

Supporting the Care team:

• Developing and mentoring Care Workers

• Spot checks and competency checks

Personal care

• Assist with bathing, dressing and grooming

• Assist with continence care

• Assist to eat and drink as well as meal preparation

Home support services

• Provide light housework duties including laundry

• Make beds, change linen

• Run errands including shopping

• Organise and tidy cupboards

• Assist with pet care

• Plan and prepare meals

Companionship services

• Provide companionship and engage in conversation

• Monitor diet and eating

• Arrange appointments, activities and social engagements

• Stimulate and encourage a variety of activities

• Provide medication reminders and assist with medication when necessary

• Organise mail and write letters

• Accompany to appointments or activities

Health and Therapeutic care

• You may be asked to provide basic assistance in these areas, but only with specific training and guidance from an appropriate professional.

Location:

• Abingdon and surroundings

• Oxford and surroundings

In order to be considered for the role you will require the following:

• At least one years' experience of delivering care as a Care Worker.

• The Care Certificate and a reasonable amount of time left on your mandatory training certificates.

• An NVQ3 would be ideal, but a commitment to complete one will suffice.

• A full UK driving licence, business insurance to use your car for work

Benefits:

• 30-hour employment contract after probation period

• Paid travel time

• Supportive, friendly management

• Annual Bonus

• Paid annual leave

• Statutory sick pay

• Pension

• DBS refunded

• Paid training

• In house Training

• Regular supervisions