Weekend Home Care Assistant

5 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Q1Care Full time

**Home Care Workers | Reading | Weekends | £15.50 per hour Double on Bank Holidays.**

**We are looking for carers who have access to their own car and can drive, Willing to work a range of hours including early mornings, lunchtime and evenings, Ideally every weekend or alternate weekends. When required you will also be supporting the team to ensure all client visits are covered and helping people to stay in the homes they love.**

Q1Care is an award-winning family-owned company offering both visiting Home Care Services and Live
- In, full time care to clients locally in Berkshire, West Berkshire and Oxfordshire, including Henley, Wallingford and Wargrave

**Are you the right person for us?**
- To be able to maintain high standards of care provision with compassion and empathy
- To be able to cope with emergency and difficult situations and seek solutions
- To be able to communicate effectively and develop effective working relationships with colleagues, families, clients with a good level of spoken and written English
- Responsible and able to work unsupervised
- Flexible availability
- Good understanding of what the role entails
- Ability to follow instructions
- Able to cope under pressure, although you will always have 24 hour care team back up
- Ability to reside in a client’s home for an extended period (Essential for Live-in Care only)
- Hold a driving licence and have access to a car (Essential for Home Care, desirable for Live-in Care)
- Have weekend availability every other weekend is desirable
- As a Carer you must be sensitive and responsive to, race, culture, religion, age, disability, gender and sexuality

**Your role will include, but will not be limited to**
- Providing support and encouragement to empower the client to lead an independent lifestyle
- Providing companionship and conversation
- Shopping
- Meal preparation, cooking and assisting with eating
- Providing personal care
- Accompanying clients to appointments
- Driving clients to desired places
- Light domestic tasks and general household duties
- Recording and reporting; to write and maintain accurate records of care on a daily basis
- To accurately complete Medication Administration Records (MAR charts) in accordance with policies and procedures where this is part of the care plan (once fully trained)
- Assisting with prescribed medication
- Maintain awareness, understanding and adherence to Company rules and policies and procedures as set out in the Employee Handbook
- Treat all clients with respect and dignity
- Maintain personal and client safety by adhering to proper Health & Safety procedures
- Attend/complete mandatory training

**What can Q1Care give you?**
- Full training when you start with us
- NVQ qualifications after a successful probation period
- Paid annual leave
- Competitive hourly rate
- We pay 45 pence per mile including to and from home
- Double pay on bank holidays
- 24/7 support from a great care team
- Please note:_
- Home Care means any work involving short (e.g. 1 hour calls, day sits, shifts, sleepovers) and due to the locality of our clients, a Car and Driving License is essential. _

**If you are ready to start your career at Q1Care, then click APPLY now We can’t wait to hear from you**

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £15.50 per hour

Expected hours: 5 - 15 per week

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only

Application question(s):

- Our clients homes are in Rural areas do you have access to your own car to be able to visit the clients, public transport cannot be used. Please advise what car you drive ?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence, Car and Insurance. (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 100% (required)

Work Location: In person



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