To apply for this position, you must be a FEMALE, a driver and have use of your own car. Please do NOT apply if you are NOT.
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 lady in her 30s who has an acquired brain injury which has resulted in cognitive, emotional, and behavioural challenges.
She lives on her own and is mainly independent with daily living tasks, but she benefits from support to monitor how she is getting on and to step in to support her if she is struggling, for example with daily tasks or administrative matters.
The main purpose of support is to enable the client to engage in meaningful community activities that give her a sense of purpose, self-esteem, and self-confidence. She struggles to come up with ideas for activities and she can sometimes be anxious about participating in activities she is not familiar with.
She has had a support package in place since she sustained her injury some years ago and this is overseen by a clinical case manager who provides day to day support to the support workers.
We are looking for a CarePal, with experience of working with clients with ‘hidden’ brain injury, who is able to motivate the client in an assertive but calm manner. Familiarity with the Lincoln area and (productive) social activity opportunities is helpful.
It is required that CarePals have good listening skills, be able to maintain clear professional boundaries and remain objective at all times.
You must be able to work well within a team because the client has 2 CarePals currently working with her, as well as the case manager. Consistency within the team is absolutely essential to manage the client’s behaviour and thereby enable her to get the most out of her support hours and ultimately to maximise the quality of her life.
The schedule for this position is:
Wedneasdays - 9am to 2pm
THursdays - 9am to 2pm
Total 10 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
We want you to be Happy too
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
- All PPE provided - we will send you any PPE you will need for your calls, and replace when you have run out
- 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: £18.00 per hour
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- Are you able to start ASAP?
- Are you Flexible
Experience:
- NVQ Health and Social: 1 year (preferred)
- Home care Assistant: 1 year (preferred)
- Brain Injury: 1 year (preferred)
- Mental Health: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
- Fluent English (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- UK Drivers Licence (preferred)
- Use of your own car (preferred)
Work Location: In person
