Home Care Assistant

Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary care company based in Hertfordshire with a CQC rating of outstanding. Our community-based support care workers provide care to our service users within their own homes to help them remain as independent as possible.

We are seeking a reliable and compassionate individuals to support our male client in his 30s living with a spinal cord injury. This role involves providing daily living assistance, personal careand support with mobility, whilstpromoting independence and quality of life.

Our client lives in Ruislip - Greater London, where he shares his home with his wife and young child. Our client requires 24hr assistance and support from our care team due to his spinal injury.

The hours are split into 2 shifts, both days and nights.

Day shifts – 7am - 8pm

Waking night shifts: 7pm - 8am

There is a 1 hour cross over on each shift where we assist our client with repositioning and personal care.

We are offering 0 hour contracts with rates of £15.00 per hour weekdays and £16.00 per hour weekends.

• Assisting with personal care, including washing, dressing, toileting, and grooming
• Bowel care and catheter care – full training will be provided by Abbots Care training department and our community nurse assessor.
• Supporting transfers and mobility (using hoists and other equipment as needed)
• Assisting with physiotherapy or rehabilitation exercises
• Accompanying the client to social activities, appointments and outings
• Light domestic tasks to support a clean and comfortable living environment
• Offering companionship and respectful, person-centred support

• To have 1 year complex care experience is essential due to the needs of our client. (Spinal injury or similar)
• a respectful, empathetic and professional approach
• To be physically fit and comfortable assisting with manual handling (training provided)
• Good communication skills and a positive attitude
• Must be reliable and punctual

• Outstanding learning and development opportunities
• Fully Paid training induction delivered by our inhouse training department
• Enhanced DBS paid by Abbots Care
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores
• Paid ongoing development and Diplomas Access to our brand-new Care Worker Wellbeing App and Rewards

• Feeling of reward;
  There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.
• Flexibility:
  We understand the importance of having a work life balance,
• Variety:
  No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.
• Real qualifications;
  Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us
• Our perks;
  There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an open‑door policy in our branches
• When you join Abbots Care, you join a family like no other. We pride ourselves on the quality of the staff we employ, and when you join us, you will receive the absolute best training and ongoing support to help you in your role.

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