With an ageing population, the need to care for older people is an important part of every community.
In Ireland, Comfort Keepers® is rapidly expanding and is always looking for carers to join its team. As a Home Care Assistant with us, you can expect a demanding but rewarding career, and, with both part-time and full-time jobs available, you can have the hours that suit your needs and lifestyle best.
Comfort Keepers aim is to enable people to stay happy at home.
We focus on ensuring quality of care to our clients by placing their needs at the forefront of what we do.
Do you want to make a difference in someone's life and help them to stay happy in their own home?
If the answer is YES, most definitely a career in healthcare is for you.
Come to Dublin and make your dream come true.
Duties of Home Care Assistants include but are not limited to providing personal care, mobility assistance, light house work, medication prompting, meal preparation and companionship and will vary based on the needs of your client.
Reporting to: Client Care Manager and Client Care Coordinator
Overall Objective:
The successful applicant will have personal or professional caring experience. They will be capable of managing all aspects of the day to day care and requirements of the client. Have excellent communication skills and dedicated to providing the highest quality of home care to those most in need.
Duties:
- Perform duties as assigned on the personal Care Plan of the Client;
- Assists the client with activities of daily living by providing any of the Comfort Keepers approved personal care activities including, but not limited to: bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, oral hygiene, incontinence care and providing a clean, safe, and healthy environment for clients;
- Provides light housekeeping tasks including laundering of client's garments and linens and changing the bed;
- Assists in meeting nutritional needs by providing meal planning, meal preparation, grocery shopping, dishes, and kitchen clean-up;
- Assists the client with movement/transfers as specified in the Care Plan e.g. using hoist
- Reminds client to take self-administered medications;
- Observes and reports any changes in the client's mental, physical, or emotional condition or home situation to immediate supervisor in a timely manner;
- Establishes and maintains effective communication and a professional relationship with clients, family members;
- Uses equipment and supplies safely and properly in accordance with the company policy and procedures;
- Maintains confidentiality regarding client information;
- Other reasonable related duties as assigned;
- The work requires moderate physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis, such as driving, assisting clients in transfer activities, and light housekeeping
Human Competence
- Have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills;
- Applicants must ensure attention to detail;
- Possess the ability to share knowledge;
- Be innovative and have a multitasking ability;
- Have a caring an empathetic nature
- Possess excellent time-keeping skills
- The successful candidate will be capable of working independently
- Driver's preferable but not essential
Requirements:
- A warm heart - Caring, kind, patient
- Fluent English
- QQI modules – Care Skills and Care of the Older Person desirable or full QQI Level 5 major award in healthcare desirable
- Previous caring experience desirable
- Drivers desirable
We offer:
- Rate of pay - €11.50 per hour (living wage). €12.00 per hour for employees with Care Skills and Care of the Older Person
- Paid holidays, discounts on many schemes such as health insurance
- Full induction and training
- Access of up to 70% reduction in the cost of attaining your QQI Level 5 qualification
- A rewarding career and progression opportunities throughout the company
- Celebrating our Carers through Carer of the Year Awards