Home Care Worker

Job Summary

We are looking for compassionate, dedicated, and confident Care Workers with a genuine passion for delivering outstanding, person-centred care. You will be working 37.5 hours a week on a full-time, permanent basis. Your role will involve making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable individuals within their own homes, ensuring they receive the high-quality support they deserve.

Main Duties of the Job

At Unity Health Care Solutions, we support our people in growing their careers, gaining new skills, and thriving in a supportive environment. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Personal Care: Assisting clients with daily living tasks, including getting up/going to bed, washing, showering, dressing, and personal hygiene.
• Well-being Support: Preparing nutritious food and drinks, administering medication safely at the agreed level of support, and undertaking light household domestic duties.
• Companionship & Independence: Actively talking and listening to clients, promoting their independence, and helping them maintain vital connections with family, friends, and the wider community.
• Recording & Reporting: Maintaining accurate, detailed care logs and medication records, and promptly reporting any health, safety, or safeguarding concerns to management.

About Us

Unity Health Care Solutions is a high-quality home care provider based in Northumberland. We pride ourselves on being a supportive, close-knit team that operates like a family. We truly believe that care is about connection, not just a checklist of tasks.

Sponsorship & Visa Information

A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is available for the successful candidate, conditional upon:

• A valid right to work in the UK and meeting UK Home Office visa criteria.
• Passing all internal recruitment checks, including a minimum of two references from previous employers.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential: At least 1 year of experience working within a home care (domiciliary care) setting.
• Essential: Possession of core care skills relating to home care, including professional English literacy, numeracy, and digital proficiency for record-keeping.
• Essential: Willingness to undertake and complete the standards required for the Care Certificate and any statutory training provided by the company.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Essential: A commitment to quality care that is warm, kind, reliable, and empathetic.
• Essential: Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusting relationships and interact respectfully with clients, families, and healthcare professionals.
• Essential: The ability to protect confidential information, uphold client dignity, and work effectively as part of a team.
• Essential: A flexible, positive attitude ("caring with a smile") and the resilience to adapt when things do not go to plan.

Requirements

• Essential: A full driving licence and access to a reliable vehicle for travel between clients.
• Essential: This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check with an Adults' Barred List check