Carer - Domiciliary care in Bexley

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. The Bromley roles are based in BR6 and Bexley roles are based in DA5, DA14 & DA15. We have full-time and part-time opportunities available, so if you can only work in the evenings or weekends or 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.

We are committed to developing our people and recognise the benefits of growing our own. We offer a range of apprenticeships in different subjects and academic levels. For those interested in careers in nursing, there is the opportunity to train as an apprentice Nursing Associate and then later undertake an 18-month top-up to become a Registered Nurse. We may also be able to offer a four-year Registered Nurse apprenticeship to those who already meet university entrance requirements and we are looking to offer degree apprenticeships for some Allied Health Professions too.

Main duties of the job:

• Encourage and support 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.
• Responsible for a wide range of care needs, taking into account individual personality and lifestyle choices.
• Be kind, caring and compassionate, passionate about making a difference to the quality of life for our service users.
• Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities.
• Administering medications.
• Shopping and meal preparation support.
• Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning.
• Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities.
• Manual handling, using equipment where required.
• Promoting service users' health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest.
• Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends.
• Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in service users' circumstances or condition.
• Treating service users with dignity and respect, communicating effectively to meet their diverse needs.

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 improving our services, treating others as we would like to be treated, and hitting our targets.
• The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.
• The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare's relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code(s) of conduct associated with this post.

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. An understanding of the importance of confidentiality - Essential. A friendly, caring and sensitive approach - Essential. Full, clean Driving Licence - Desirable.
• Experience: Previous experience of working within a care environment - Essential. Ability to learn new skills and gain new experience - Essential. Ability to use own initiative - Essential. Ability to communicate effectively - Essential.
• Information Technology: IT literate - Essential. Experience of using electronic recording systems - Desirable. Experience of using electronic rostering systems - Desirable.