Home Care Assistant (£19 per hour, 10 hours per week)

Happiest at Home provides dedicated, personal home care assistance to clients, to enable them to have an excellent quality of life in their own home. You will be seeing the same client every week.

The Client

The client is a lovely 10-year-old boy with Global Development Delay, Encephalitis (Inflammation of the Brain), Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (Epilepsy) and Autism.

He lives with his mum, dad and 3-year-old brother in their family home

He is non-verbal so uses noises to communicate but can also use Makaton. He is completely mobile and can run and climb very well but has a buggy and manual wheelchair accessible for when he is fatigued or is travelling long distances.

He enjoys watching CBeebies and sitting in his sensory chair, he also loves a cuddle! He attends a special needs school and requires encouragement getting up and ready in the morning as he is not a morning person!

He can eat cut up meals independently using plastic plates and cutlery and drinks using a beaker with handles.

He enjoys eating jam or peanut butter on toast and drinking strong fruit flavoured juices. He enjoys going to the woodlands and visiting quiet areas but has no sense of awareness so must be supervised. The support is in place to assist him with prompts to get ready for school, and all aspects of care.

The client and his parents are looking for a team of CarePals who can build and establish a bond with him to work with him long term and to ensure he receives consistent, high-quality care. The family are not currently receiving any weekday support and haven't for a number of years, so would like to access this for some respite.

He is looking for someone to assist with personal care, incontinence care, medication administration and companionship.

The schedule for this position is:

Double up

Monday to Friday - 8am to 9am and 4pm to 5pm

Total - 10hours per week

Our lovely team of 'CAREPals' as we like to call them, are hand-selected Support Assistants who ensure that our service is delivered in an exceptional way. As a CAREPal you must be a dedicated professional who is friendly, presentable, reliable, punctual, caring and hard-working.

Much more than a friendly face - We Are Happiest at Home

As a dedicated CAREPal you will visit clients to offer support and friendship. You will be their friendly face and companion to support clients with daily activities to enhance their life and well-being. CAREPal very often become trusted friends with their clients, someone that they can easily chat to, discuss things and share things with, both at home and when out and about.

Here is an example of the services our CAREPal's offer their clients;

• Companionship - sharing conversation and spending time together


• Helping with mobility


• Overseeing medication - prompting client to take their own medication


• Household chores - help around the home, such as vacuuming and washing clothes


• Preparing and serving home-made meals


• Running errands - assisting with tasks such as shopping or picking up prescriptions


• Personal Care - showering, cleaning and assisting with toileting


• Accessing the local community - accompanying your client to go shopping, attend events or even pop out for some lunch
  
  NVQ Health and Social: 1 year (preferred)


• Home care Assistant: 1 year (preferred)


• Epilepsy: 1 year (preferred)


• Learning Difficulty: 1 year (preferred)


Language:

• Fluent Englsh (preferred)
  
  £19 an hour - Permanent, Part-time, Pulled from the full job description


• Casual dress


• Company pension


• Free parking


• On-site parking


• Referral programme, We also want you to be happy, as we feel this can really enhance the quality of care for our clients, and satisfaction for our carers.

Here are some of the benefits of working for Happiest at Home;

• Set hours per week - you will work the same hours each week


• Flexibility - You and your client will manage the care package together


• High pay rate - we pay our carers one of the highest rates in the country


• 1:1 support - you will be the dedicated carer for your client during your visits


• Building relationships - we want you to have something in common with your client


• Ongoing support from the office - we want you to have enough support to care to the best of your ability


• Smart-Casual dress code - We don't have a formal uniform


It takes a special kind of person to be a carer. A good carer is someone who truly cares about others and is not just earning a living. This is a special job, and it needs special people to do it.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £19.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress


• Company pension


• Free parking


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday