Senior Care Assistant

3 days ago

Newtown, United Kingdom Affinity Homecare Full time

**About Us**

Affinity Homecare is a UK market leader in the provision of adult social care in the community. Our aim is to support vulnerable adults in their own homes with their health and wellbeing.

We are a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organisation who are keen to invest in people and support them to ensure their long-term career progression within the healthcare sector. We are a Friendly company who are going places and we want you to come with us

**Location**: Newtown, Powys

**Your main responsibilities will be**:

- Supporting clients within their own homes
- Ensuring clients are actively involved in activities within their own home.
- Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with clients and their families
- To offer choice and control in all areas of the client’s life
- Meeting the individual’s daily needs and requirements in a kind, compassionate and patient manner
- To assist clients where required which may involve assistance with; continence requirements, personal care, preparing snacks, regenerating meals, fluids and medication assistance.
- Listening and talking to clients
- Ensuring the health and safety of all clients
- Participate in mandatory staff meetings.
- To ensure confidentiality is always maintained, in keeping with the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 - ensuring that clients personal details are not disclosed to any unauthorised person and all records are maintained within the DPA 1998 requirements
- Support and mentor colleagues
- Partake in on call
- Cover and or re-distribute care calls in emergencies
- Mentor staff with observations and spot checks
- Attend meetings with management and fellow seniors.

**If you want to be the one to change someone's life - Join us and be a part of our family**.

**Requirements or skills**:

- To be reliable and someone our clients can depend on
- To be able to build and nurture good relationships with all of our clients
- To enjoy spending time with our clients so that they feel valued and not lonely
- To show our clients compassion and empathy
- To work with our clients on daily tasks instead of taking over to speed things up
- Respect them whilst working in their home
- To be someone who will put our clients first and listen to their choices
- Confident is leading and mentoring others
- A high level of communication skills (written and verbal)
- A driving License and vehicle

**Benefits**:

- Pay per hour is **£11.40 weekday**. **£12.00ph at weekend**. **45p per mile and travel time paid at £9.50ph.**:

- Paid holidays.
- £25 oncall rate
- Full and Part time positions
- Consistent runs and hours
- Integration on our Early Pay app - Hastee
- Receive free mental health and financial wellbeing guidance from our partner.
- Training - Paid.
- Shadowing and buddying shifts - Paid.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £12.25-£12.75 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- We do not currently offer sponsorship.

**Experience**:

- providing care: 1 year (preferred)
- supervisory: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

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