Care worker

Onecare-UK Ltd is a Homecare and supported living service provider that has built a reputation on quality. We have an opportunity for a Care Worker who is organised, reliable, and a team player. This is an important role to ensure quality care is delivered to the service users. Our service users live throughout London and require care and support in their own homes.

The duties of the post are listed below:

· Generally, assists with service users over comfort and well-being.

· Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, sue the toilet and bathe.

· Serves meals to service users at the table or in bed and assists with feeding if required.

· Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service users.

· Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, and collecting benefits.

· Undertakes cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.

· Monitors service users' conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight, and contributes to record keeping.

· Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.

· Ensure the accuracy and completeness of all documentation held in service users' folders and that all the written reports and administration are up to date.

· Management of medication.

· To record all necessary information clearly and legibly in line with record-keeping policies and procedures.

· Responding to complaints and queries from service users to coordinators.

· Liaise with carers/service users ensuring they are informed of any changes.

· Have the ability to work in a multi-agency approach.

· To follow the rota as allocated by the coordinators for domiciliary care services.

· Liaise closely with the coordinators regarding effective rota management, recruitment, permanent allocation of care & support workers, and the writing of Care & Support Plans.

· Ensuring all services are compliant with the legislation, safeguarding, Health & Safety per CQC standards regulations

· To be flexible and adaptable in their working hours.

· Caring, diplomatic, and have the ability to recognize the signs when the client is stressed and needs support.

· To be enthusiastic, outgoing, reliable, excellent timekeeping, patient, and persistent

Knowledge and Expertise:

· 1-2 Years' care experience

· Some experience in caring for clients in their own home

· NVQ Care Level 2 or 3

· Preferably driving license holder/ Car driving experience