Location: Stevenage, Hitchin & surrounding areas / Welwyn Garden City & Hatfield / St. Albans & Hemel Hempstead / Broxbourne & Cheshunt
Accountable to: Service Manager
Hours: Full time – average 37.5 hours per week on a 2-week shift pattern, 7am – 3pm or 4pm – 10pm and double shifts on alternate weekends.
Contract Terms: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,000 per annum to include all shift allowances, travel time and mileage. Extra hours paid at relevant hourly rate.
As of 1st April 2022, our hourly rates are:
Homecare Calls – £12.25 for Mon-Fri 7am-6pm / £12.75 for Mon-Fri 6pm-10pm / £13.25 on weekends / £15.00 on bank holidays
Homecare services are a minimum of 30 minutes, 7 days a week, 7am – 10pm
Mileage – 45p per mile
Travel Time – £9.50 per hour or part of
This role provides homecare support services to a variety of clients through compassionate, person-centred care to help them maintain their independence and to remain living in their own homes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Respond to the needs of client’s through the delivery of homecare services.
- Listen and understand client’s needs to support them in achieving their goals and desired outcomes as identified in their care plan.
- Provide emotional support to the family as part of a caring team.
- Assist clients with social, domestic and personal care as needed, maintaining dignity and respecting confidentiality at all times.
- Assist with getting up and ready for the day to include all aspects of personal care.
- Support the management of medication through prompting, administering or collection from pharmacy.
- Prepare and cook meals.
