Weekend Community Care Worker

You will be visiting people in the comfort of their own homes in the Morecambe & surroundinh community. You will be supporting a range of people all with different homes and personalities with varying needs over the age of 65. You will support service users in many different ways to prevent unnecessary hospital and care home admissions. Some visits will be lone working, some visits will be colleague accompanied. You will be an active and valued member of our care team.

What is the position?

We like applicants to know exactly what the position is before getting the job and getting a nasty surprise with a rota you are not comfortable with. At MoralCare, you are scheduled the same shift schedule every 2 weeks, so you know when you are working and when you are not.

Duties (vary depending on the person you support)

• Administer & manage medication


• Order & collect medication


• Support with personal care (washing/dressing/commode care/catheter care/ continence care)


• Support people with dementia


• Light domestic duties


• Meal preparation and cooking


• Applying creams, basic wound care, first aid, skin care


• Supporting people to make GP appointments, referrals


• Companionship, emotional support


• Moving & handling


• Dignified end of life care


• Attending weekly team meetings, All of our service users are all based in Morecambe - though we plan to expand further a field in the distant future. All home visits are scheduled as close to each other as possible, 2 miles is our average distance between jobs. We have an app that calculates your mileage between jobs accurately. You haven't got to worry about clock watching or mileage submission.
  
  The desired candidate will have a Health and Social qualification or willing to work towards one (fully funded by us). The desired candidate will also work well independently and contribute to the team. The candidate must enjoy making a difference and be keen to expand on our excellent reputation., No experience is necessary as we offer full training, skill development and qualifications, but we do require our successful candidate to be kind natured and care about the people they care for.


• Candidates need a full driving license and use of own vehicle. (We pay for petrol, but you can claim even more from HMRC for your vehicle use.)


• An enhanced DBS check (funded by us)
  
  Excellent pay and outstanding reputation


• Alternate weekends off


• Have full support from your manager and colleagues.


• Biweekly paid meetings and 1 to 1 support


• We are a company with an excellent reputation and looking for quality carers to help us grow further.


• We cover the cost of qualifications, uniform and enhanced DBS checks.


• Employee of the month


Why is this a crucial role?

Without community carers the NHS crumbles. Abuse goes unnoticed, people have more falls an injury with no support, peoples mental health plummets because they have no one to speak to. People bed block in hospital because there are no care packages to discharge them safely to their home where they long to be. You are needed to make a difference and the misconception that carers are brew makers must change, MoralCare is making a difference to the sector, but we need your support to do it!

Lets play MYTHBUSTERS!

DID YOU KNOW? The average daily work commute in the North West is 20 miles? Our community carers travel only 10 miles per shift. Our carers are paid for all miles they cover, PLUS we pay them for their travelling TIME whilst they drive to their next job - that means getting paid to bop away to some music or make a hands-free personal call. One of the many MoralCare perks!

MYTH: Care work is a low paid and unappreciated job.
BUSTED: We pay £11.05ph + mileage! We work on the front line with our team and make sure staff satisfaction is one of our main priorities. Managers and our services users appreciate the front line to no end - including the public! One of our carers had a chocolate bar left on their windscreens by a member of public to thank them for their service.

MYTH: I'll have a different rota every week. I won't be able to plan my life around it.
BUSTED: We have a CONTRACTED shift schedule so carers know when they're working, and when they're not!

MYTH: I will be unsupported by management and expected to do things they wouldn't dream of doing.
BUSTED: Our managers work on the front line and have a zero tolerance policy to poor treatment to our front line heroes.

MYTH: I'll be sent to the moon and back, and be expected to do it in 5 minutes.
BUSTED: All of our jobs are within Morecambe and are in exceptionally close range, tight knit bubbles.

MYTH: I'll be sent to places I dont know and service users I wont know.
BUSTED: We ensure you meet all service users during shadowing. When new service users join us, all staff members get a brief and access to a fully comprehensive care plan before the commencement of care.

MYTH: I'll have to count every single mile to make sure I get paid for it. I'll forget and miss out on miles!
BUSTED: We have an app that automatically clocks you in and out of people homes and calculates your mileage for you, dont worry about that little pin on your dashboard ever again!

MYTH: I wont be supported, left to my own devices and snapped at by management when I need help.
BUSTED: We have a fully supportive management system and we have all the time in the world for all carers. We aren't businessman, we are carers too. We operate a no blame culture, we are all about a learning culture!

MYTH: I'll have to pay for my uniform.
BUSTED: We provide 2 uniforms, an ID, a torch, a CPR mask, a car first aid kit - all FREE of charge.

MYTH: I'll have to do training outside of my schedule when I had plans.
BUSTED: We have a lot of online training modules, you're paid to do them in the comfort of your own home, when it suits you!

MYTH: I'll get a zero hour contract
BUSTED: No! You cant get a mortgage on a zero hour contract! We offer minimum hour insurance to give you and prospective lenders peace of mind.

MYTH: I'll get a set hour contract and be forced to come in on my day off to fulfill my hours if sa service user cancels.
BUSTED: Not true! We have minimum hour clause, that means you get paid [X] amount of hours even if ALL your service users cancel (highly unlikely). It could mean you get paid for not even working! We also have online training modules to top up your wage if you fancy it.

MYTH: Care companies employ anyone with a pair of legs. I'll be tarnished as an unprofessional worker because my colleagues will not be skilled or care about the job.
BUSTED: All of our team are skilled, friendly, passionate and kind. Your colleagues are all professionals, just like you.

MYTH: MoralCare was started to make money
BUSTED: MoralCare started because the managers found themselves to be always complaining at their previous jobs that quality of care just wasn't up to standard, so they started their own company to make a difference and provide care as it should, without the smoke and mirrors. We do not accept care packages if it means any carers rushing. Every care package is carefully implemented to ensure carers have the time to give people care.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.00 per hour

Shift:

• Day shift


Licence/Certification:

• Driving License & Vehicle (required)


Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)