Senior Care Worker

**FOR UK BASED CANDIDATES ONLY**

**Caremark **is one of the leading providers of Home Care services in United Kingdom.

We are looking for hard-working, enthusiastic and compassionate Full Time Senior Carer workers to work for Richmond and Hounslow Branch.

**All applicants must be 18 or over**

**Job Duties Include**:
**Principal responsibilities of a Senior Care and Support Worker**
- Guiding and mentoring Care and Support Workers
- Collecting information and documentation from a client’s home for updating documentation in office.
- Supporting the supervisor in introductory visits to the clients.
- Supporting with quality assurance such as spot checks, audits on files.
- Conducting annual client and Care and Support Workers surveys to monitor customer satisfaction.
- Play a pivotal role in enhancing and promoting relationship between client and Care and Support Workers.
- Be the first point of contact for Care and Support Workers to share concerns informally.
- Provide ideas and activities to stimulate and engage the service user
- Respond to emergencies and provides guidance and support to Care and Support Workers.
- Support clients with daily activities such as posting letter, reading the newspaper, helping them to prepare their own meals.
- Cover the emergency on-call phone, whenever required
- To assist clients who need help getting up and going to bed in the morning and evenings, including dressing and undressing, washing, bathing and going to the toilet.
- To help clients with their mobility and with any physical disabilities, including incontinence and use of personal aids and equipment.
- To care for clients who are temporarily sick and need bed nursing and help with feeding etc.
- To provide care and support for clients who are terminally ill.
- To help in the promotion of mental and physical activities of clients through talking, outings, reading, writing, hobbies and recreations.
- To make and change beds, light cleaning, emptying commodes and general tidying.
- To inspect, launder and mend clients’ clothes.
- To set tables and trays, prepare and serve light meals, clearing away and washing up.
- To read and write reports and be involved in clients’ reviews and training activities.
- To always adhere to all Caremark’s policies and procedures.
- To report either to the Field Care Supervisor or Care Manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a client.
- To encourage the independence of clients and monitor overall comfort and well-being of both clients and carers, wherever possible.
- Responsible for tasks reasonably delegated to them by the Field Care Supervisor in order to assist with the overview of care needs of clients and the management of more junior care and support workers

**Benefits**

As a leading organisation in the social care sector, **Caremark** provides all employees with an unbeatable package of benefits, which include:

- Career development
- Uniform Regular supervision Employee recognition
- Opportunity to study for Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Excellent rates of pay
- Holiday Pay & Employer funded Workplace Pension Scheme
- An opportunity to work for a growing and forward-thinking company
- Outstanding training & career development opportunities
- Fast-track registration
- Free DBS check
- Paid induction training
- Regular Refresher Training
- Excellent career prospects to become FCS, Care Manager.

**It’s important to us that all Caremark Senior Carers have the following qualities**:

- Compassionate
- Self-motivated, well-organised & reliable
- Caring and sensitive
- Flexible
- Committed to maintaining our high standards of care
- Good communicator
- Minimum of 6 MONTHS experience in home care or care home settings working as Care assistant or Care giver
- NVQ Level 3 in health and Social care or enrolled and working towards this
- Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF) or enrolled and working towards this
- Level 4 Diploma in Health and social care management
- Qualified Nurse or Degree in Nursing - UK or Non UK
- You’re a qualified nurse or have Degree in Nursing
- You're a Health professional or have other Healthcare Degree
- You're a Adult social care professional

**Requirement for All**:

- Senior Care Workers have a experience of supporting people with varying care needs with a commitment to care and a passion for making a difference. In return, we offer all the training, benefits and options for career development you would expect from a leader in our field.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £20,500.00-£21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Must be based in UK

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)