Senior Care at Home Carer

SENIOR CARE AT HOME CARER £29,300

Advance your career with Peoples Care Solutions.

 We are an experienced family- owned care business with core values: respect, dignity, efficiency, honesty and compassion. Our close knit teamwork culture includes the intent to deliver quality care and support to older people of the same standard that we would expect for our own loved ones.

 Peoples Care Solutions is now looking for a frontline Senior Carer, reporting to our Care Coordinator, and working closely with the Team Leader, , who has previous relevant experience as a senior carer and who holds or is working towards SVQ 3 . They will demonstrate confidence to lead shifts and work closely with the office team to plan on supporting older people in their own homes across East Renfrewshire G46, G76, G77  (Newton Mearns, Clarkson, Busby, Giffnock).

You will genuinely want to make a positive difference to our service users in a truly person- centred way, while supporting our committed frontline carers.

And you will be an effective communicator and team player, at ease making decisions.

The Role:

 Delivering and supervising personal care, mobility support, nutrition and skin care assistance, medication support in older people's own homes.

Carry out ON CALL/ out of hours duties every 4 weeks.

Responsibilities:

 Work closely with the Care Coordinator and Team Leader in care at home services planning, care plans development and agreement and coordination of visits schedules.

Carry out scheduled visits to individuals in their own homes up to four times a day. Careful and support people enabling them to continue continue to live at home safely to maximise their independence

Develop professional relationships through mutual trust and communicating effectively. Be a committed frontline carers team player. Maintain required standards at all times. Ensure management are given timely feedback our frontline home carers are our eyes and ears.

Candidate specification: Right to work in UK (We do not offer Sponsorship) . Live within 30 minutes of G77. Hold full UK driving licence with a car, and will require appropriate business insurance.

Contract:

 35 hours per week. £15 hourly rate. Additional payment every 4 weeks for out of hours ON CALL duties.

 Opportunity to work additional hours.

Flexibility possible, but to agreed work pattern.

Daily shifts:  7:30 AM to 1:15 PM and 3:45 PM to 9:15 PM.

 Salary: £15 per hour.

Enhanced rates £22.50 for eight public holidays.

Additional £200 paid for On Call duties every four weeks.

 28 days (pro rata)  paid annual holiday.

Benefits:

 45 p per mile duty mileage allowance.

Paid face to face in-house induction training and shadowing shifts.

Uniform, PPE and winter coat provided.

Access to Blue Card discount scheme.

 24/7 confidential well-being helpline by Zest.

Opportunity to  further develop qualifications.

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