Job Description

Job Overview

Female Community Support Worker: Domiciliary care (Part-Time) Leicester

To be considered for this role, you must currently live and have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide sponsorship*

K2 care believes in and actively strives to help promote full lives of our Service Users. Our aim is to offer the highest level of dedicated care delivered with the compassion and understanding. All our work is carried out with the view to encouraging independence while maintaining the highest levels of dignity and privacy.

The care provided by K2 is intended to replicate the care normally given by family members and not those tasks that would normally be undertaken by a trained nurse.

Responsibilities

As a community support worker, you will be expected to ensure the best quality of care and service is provided to Service Users.

General duties:

To help people with getting up in the morning, washing/bathing and dressing; helping with the undressing and getting to bed in the evening To make meals, drinks, snacks where necessary To provide assistance with toileting and with changing clothes and/or bedding where necessary; to empty and cleanse commodes, and wash and iron clothes and bed linen (which may include those items soiled by incontinence) To provide assistance with other tasks of daily living that the person cannot manage, which may include cleaning, shopping, collecting pensions and paying bills To encourage people towards a degree of independence and activity appropriate to their abilities Within an agreed plan and in consultation with the Home Care Manager, to contribute to the supervision of people who tend to wander, neglect themselves or put themselves at risk. To be aware of the appropriate action to take in an emergency After appropriate training, to comply with Manual Handling legislation when moving Service Users To have the appropriate knowledge to the correct use of aids and equipment used by or with people in their normal daily lives, and to report any obvious defects To work with the Service User's family or other carers to maintain the Service User in their home To provide general support to the Service User as part of a caring team
From time to time, you may be asked to fulfil duties related to other areas of our business, as to the needs of the business; you are expected to carry these out with the same commitment as with all your work with K2 Care Ltd.

All duties are to be carried out with the up most care and with the assurance that they comply with all of K2 Care's guidelines and policies.

Person Specification

Essential:

Ability to build good relationships with others Good communication skills Understanding of equality and diversity Willingness to learn Committed and have a passion to deliver excellent domiciliary care Have a UK driving License and your own car

Benefits you will receive:

Competitive pay rate Free uniform and personal protective equipment Flexible working hours/ shift patterns Training will be given to aid development and knowledge in line with the CQC Care Certificate Ongoing support including paid supervisions and refresher training Access to Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured

This is a non-guaranteed hour role.

Job Types: Zero hours contract, Initially Part time

Pay: 12.25 per hour

Application question(s):

Do you have full UK driver's license? Do you have access to a car? Do you have the legal right to work in the UK? Are you currently on sponsorship? (We use this information to help us organise our work plan and to help understand work hour expectations as required by the sponsorship) We are a door-to-door care service, meaning you will not be in one place and will need to go to individual Service User houses to provide care within the comfort of their own home. By applying to this job, you are aware of this job expectation.
Work Location: On the road

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 12.25 per hour

Expected hours: 15 - 30 per week

Language:

English (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Community Support Worker