Care Assistant

Location: Havering
Salary: TBC
Hours: Full Time and Part Time

You would be responsible for meeting the support requirements of our customers, in a way that respects the individual and promotes their independence. You would be expected to travel to the customer’s home and assist them with daily tasks as agreed between the customer and Caremark.

You will be responsible for implementing field-based quality control systems and providing support to all Care Assistants, covering calls and ensuring the service continuity.

Principal Responsibilities

Your role would include helping customers with tasks such as:

• Help with washing & dressing
• Shopping & meal preparation
• Prompting with medication
• Support with daily routines
• Respite services
• Socialising and leisure activities
• Helping customers access the community
• Support the care assistance in the field
• Covering calls
• Monitoring on call phone during the weekends on a rota with the others in the management team

What we look for

It’s important to us that all Caremark Senior Care Assistants have the following qualities:

• Self-motivated, well-organised & reliable
• Caring and sensitive
• Flexible
• Committed to maintaining our high standards of care
• Good communicator
• Ability to adapt workload when needed
• Support care assistance in the field