Home Visiting Support

Sector(s) Charity Support, Diversity & Inclusion, Elderly, Health, Social Care & Welfare

As a Home Visiting Support, you will be providing support to older people through weekly visits to their home.

• Support older people through weekly visits to their home
• Provideshort term practical support, not personal care, to vulnerable adults including those recently discharged from hospital
• Support can include low level support such as having a cup of tea and a chat, light shopping, light snacks
• Support with companionship and support to rebuild confidence to regain or develop independence.
• Some clients mayrequireadditionalsupport for tasks such as digital inclusion which volunteers (if they want to be) can be trained to provide

We are looking for people who are e xcellentinlistening and communication and are:

• Competent with
  
  IT skills
• Reliable,patient and sensitive
• Ableto work confidently on own initiative and know when to seek help and support
• Understanding of the needs of older people
• Kind, empathic and patient
• Understanding of the need toobserveconfidentiality in informal settings
• Willing to undergo a DBS check which is paid for by AUKWSBH
• Able to committominimumonehour per week.
  
  Visits are carried out to meet clients’ needs and can be between 10am – 8pm during the week and over the weekend