Carer - Domiciliary care

Carers - Domiciliary care Bromley Healthcare - Care at Home are recruiting caregivers to provide domiciliary care to service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person‑centred care, supporting the service user to undertake a wide range of care needs, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.

We are currently recruiting Caregivers for Bromley & Bexley. We have full-time and part-time opportunities available so if you can only work in the evenings or weekends or you would like to discuss shifts that fit around childcare; we would like to hear from you as we are open-minded to different shift patterns.

Main duties of the job:

• Encourage and support service users in their day-to-day lives.
• Provide high-quality person-centred care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan.
• Provide personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities.
• Administer medications.
• Support with shopping and meal preparation.
• Assist with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning.
• Help service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities.
• Manual handling, using equipment where required.
• Promote service users' health and wellbeing, independence and enable them to live their life to the fullest.
• Maintain appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition.

Working for our organisation:

We are committed to developing our people & recognise the benefits of growing our own. We offer a range of apprenticeships in different subjects and academic levels. At Bromley Healthcare - Care at Home, we provide a flexible, professional and reliable homecare service to our service users by providing a care package that is tailored to meet individual needs and values.

Mandatory requirements for all roles:

• The post holder has a responsibility to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk and will be trained to the appropriate level as determined by the post.
• The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including; constantly improve our services, treat others as we would like to be treated, hit our targets.
• The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 C’s – Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.

Caregiver person specification:

• Qualifications: NVQ 2 or willing to work towards Diploma in Health and Social Care, Care Certificate - Desirable.
• Training: Willingness to participate in training relevant for this post including the Care Certificate - Essential.
• Specific Skills: Excellent listening skills and an ability to build up a rapport with people - essential, respect for individuals, regardless of their race, gender, culture - Essential, understanding of the importance of confidentiality - Essential.
• Experience: Previous experience of working within a care environment - Essential.