Support Worker - Stockport
Support Worker - Stockport
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Job Description
Medsolve are proud to be partnering with an amazing organisation who are looking for dedicated Support Workers to join them on a permanent basis. The role involves working to a rota of scheduled visits for customers in their own homes covering the Stockport area.
This is a full time role and they offer a salary of 12.10 12.60 per hour.
Shifts are Monday to Sunday and will require a minimum of alternate weekends the service operates from 7 am till 11 pm.
Other benefits for the Support Workers include:
Mileage paid for
Annual MOT and Car Service payment (up to 70 per annum)
Winter & Summer Drivers Essentials pack
Blue Light Card Annual Registration
Fully funded training in Health and Social care Diploma s & Apprenticeships
Pension
Refer a friend prize of 100
Please note we do NOT offer sponsorship.
The role of the care worker is to meet their customers needs and to ensure they are supported as detailed in their care plan ensuring at all times that their privacy dignity and independence are maintained. This will include not only assisting with the customers personal care needs but also their social welfare. The role may include shopping cooking and will include light housekeeping duties. Care packages will vary from providing companionship care through to providing palliative end of life care and care worker pay rates will vary accordingly. The aim of care working is to enable customers to remain in their homes with as much independence as possible carrying out the tasks in a professional discreet and caring manner whilst respecting the customers dignity privacy property and confidentiality.
Main Job responsibilities of the Support Worker is:
Proactively attend to customer
Assisting with Personal Care including skin care bathing shaving oral care toileting (including management of bladder & bowels) dressing hair care.
Enabling mobility including Moving & Handling transfers pushing wheelchair checking of specialist equipment e.g. wheelchair seat cushion driving of customers vehicle as directed.
Dietetics including assistance with menu planning preparing serving and storing of foods.
Assist customer to fulfil activities of daily living e.g. working leisure education.
Assist with medications as prescribed by medical team.
Dealing with correspondence and financial matters as requested.
Day to day household tasks e.g. changing beds laundry ironing shopping.
We are looking for a Support Worker the following skills and attributes:
- MUST have a full clean driving licence and use of own car.
- Experience in a similar role is desirable but not essential as training will be given so you must have a willingness to learn.
- Strong communication.
- Patience empathy and a caring nature.
Support Worker
Employment Type
Full Time
