Community Footcare Assistant

3 months ago


Faversham, United Kingdom Age UK Kent Rivers Full time

**Benefits**:

- Petrol paid 45p per mile.
- DBS, training and uniforms/PPE all paid for by Age UK Kent Rivers.
- Blue Light Card Discount.
- Pension scheme
- Further qualifications.
- Wellbeing scheme - Simplyhealth
- ALF Kudos Awards Scheme with a chance to attend a Gala Dinner and WIN a week's stay for you and your family at our coastal holiday home, and the additional annual leave to go with it.
- Interest-free company loans.

We are looking for a committed individual who is willing to go the extra mile to take on our **Community Footcare Assistant** role. The individual will be providing a basic foot care service for people aged over 50, living in Faversham.

**Job Type**: Permanent, Zero Hour Contract

**Hourly rate**: £10.90 per hour

**Location**: In the community of Faversham

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To assess the needs of service users referred to Age UK Kent Rivers before providing the nail cutting service.
- To treat service user’s feet within the guidelines for the service. To cut toenails and smooth down hard skin.
- To provide advice on foot care needs including suitable footwear.
- To establish good relationships with clients (and their carers where applicable).
- To respect the confidentiality of all service users.
- To maintain records of visits and any relevant care needs and/or action taken.
- Liaison with a range of health and social care professionals and organisations.
- To collect service user contributions and record as appropriate.
- To undertake routes as economically as is viable.
- To follow all the organisations procedures as described in the handbook and discussed at induction.
- An NVQ 2 in Care or willing to work towards the qualification.
- Experience of care work / working in the community or with older people.
- Excellent team worker who takes responsibility for the team’s decisions and actions.
- Excellent communication skills and able to give and receive feedback.
- Has a personal commitment to Age UK Kent River’s values and demonstrate behaviours that is consistent with them.
- Open to change. Receptive to new ideas and different ways of working.
- Loves going the extra mile but understands the need for professional boundaries.
- Pays attention to detail.
- Has good local area knowledge.
- Flexibile.
- Must hold a full UK driving licence and have the use of an adequately insured vehicle for work purposes.
- Must have use of a Smart phone.
- Must be prepared to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
- The areas covered in the Job Description are intended to provide an overall context to the role, and is not designed to be an exhaustive list of tasks._

To work at Age UK Kent Rivers, it isn't all about what qualifications or experience you have. For us, it's about your ability to show compassion and empathy for older people, and dedication to our core values as a charity - to make sure all older people are able to Achieve Life's Fullness.

If you can show us you have these qualities, the rest we will do for you. We cover your training, uniforms and your DBS checks, and will provide you with good rates of pay, expenses and mileage cover, and, most excitingly, we will give you access to our new staff benefits scheme which includes rewards for staff who go and above beyond to help people like Alf.

If you would like to join a dynamic team of professional and caring people, making positive change to the lives of hundreds of older people each week, then get in touch to talk about our current vacancies.

Join us, and be the change we need to see in society, and take the time to #AskAboutAlf

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme

Application question(s):

- Do you have access to your own vehicle?
- Do you hold NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or willing to work towards?

**Experience**:

- Nail Cutting: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person



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