Home Help

**Home Helps**

We are seeking Home Helpers to support our shopping and cleaning service.

Hours are variable to suit - we work Monday to Friday 9am to 5.00pm. Most Home Helps work from between 10 and up to 30 hours a week. There is no evening or weekend work. We need people across the northern part of Cheshire East but particularly in the **Knutsford and Wilmslow area.**

The current rate of pay is **£11.00 per hour.** Home helps are eligible to join the staff pension scheme as well as the health insurance scheme. Travel time between appointments is paid at the normal hourly rate; but does not include travel to your first appointment or from your last. Mileage expenses are paid for use of your own car.

The role includes a variety of domestic duties within an older person's house, which is primarily focused on cleaning, but can include other tasks such as cleaning internal windows; Changing bed linen; Laundry/Ironing; Checking food expiry dates; Preparing a light lunch; Escorted food shopping; Telephone/Internet food shopping; Assisting with bills/appointment-making; Take to pre-arranged appointments; Prescription collection; Reminiscence activities. The role **does not **include personal care duties.

If you have any queries about the role, please call us on 01625 612958.

**JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**JOB TITLE**: Home Help

**JOB PURPOSE**:The Help at Home Worker will undertake a range of tasks for older people in their own homes, according to their needs and wishes and under the direction of the Services Manager and working within the policies of Age UK Cheshire East

**ACCOUNTABLE TO**: Services Manager

**Duties and Responsibilities**

1. To undertake the allocated tasks to agreed standards as requested by the Services Manager within a specified time.

2. To establish a good relationship with the client’s and their carers and, where appropriate, professional carers, such as health or social workers.

3. To report to the Services Manager if there are any concerns for the well-being of the client.

4. To maintain weekly work records as requested by the Services Manager and to complete annual client Health and Safety update forms.

5. To collect all monies due from any cheque paying clients and sign the client’s payment record.

6. To ensure time sheets & mileage sheets are sent into the office at the end of each working week.

7. To report any changes to your rotas and / or client call times.

8. To report verbally to the Services Manager/Home Help administrator on a regular basis.

9. To maintain confidentiality of all client’s information.

10. To wear your uniform **at all times when working** and **always carry your ID badge with you.**

11. To maintain agreed standard of work. Be mindful of Health and Safety for oneself and the customer. To work within Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

12. To attend training sessions when required by the Organisation.

13. To ensure that your vehicle is in good working order, has all the necessary legal requirements and to provide all relevant documentation to the Services Manager on request.

14. To provide the Services Manager with details of their driving licence and give consent to Age UK Cheshire East to perform a driving licence check.

15. To either hold a valid food hygiene certificate or be willing to complete a food hygiene course and refresh when necessary.

16. To adhere to the Organisation’s sickness and annual leave request procedure.

This job description will be reviewed from time to time and may be updated depending on the changing needs of the service.

**We fully support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.**

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 10-30 per week

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Day range:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Physical setting:

- Homecare

Shift:

- Day shift

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Home Helps
- Age UK Cheshire East