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Carer required to look after elderly lady in her home. 16- 25 hours per week. 2-3 days.

Care at Home are looking for experienced healthcare assistants who are passionate about delivering high quality home care to join our amazing team in all areas of South Dublin.

Responsibility & Duties include:

To deliver a high standard of care to clients in their own home
Assist Clients with personal care and practical needs
Engage in meal preparation
Prompt medications
Companionship

Requirements:
Must have a relevant QQI/Fetac level 5 with core modules- Care of the elderly & Care skills or equivalent
Previous healthcare experience preferable
Available to work some evenings & weekends (1 weekend in 3).

What you can expect:
A highly supportive working environment
Pension Scheme
Excellent rate of pay
In house training.
Salary : €14-€20 per 1 hour shifts & €10-€14 per 30 minute shifts


Salary: From €14.00 per hou

Job Type: Part-Time Advertised By: Private ** We have 2 Long Term Staff members within this role currently but we are recruiting for a 3rd person. ** Location: Midleton, Co-Cork. Job Description: Care Assistant for young lady, with special needs in her own house. This lady is very mobile and sometimes demanding requiring one to one attention. Duties include personal care bathing dressing feeding toileting Person Specification This candidate should be warm, patient, kind and tolerant, have a willingness to listen and learn. Also, passionate to deliver what is requested and committed to engage with the family. Past caring experience is desirable but not essential for this position. Essential Requirements (to apply for post ) Fetac Level 5, or equivalent or in the process of completing it. Right to Work in Ireland. Fluent English in essential. Full Driver License. Garda Vetted. Flexible to work evenings, including weekends. All requirements are fundamental to apply for this job. Informal chat anytime, please call 086 255 2990. Feel free to call . As referenced above we already have 2 Long Term people but we require a 3rd person. Trial period necessary and beneficial to see if both parties are compatible.

We are an established private home care provider. Operating in Cork for over ten years. We provide ongoing care and personal assistance to elderly and disabled clients living in their own homes.

Summary of role

Reports to: Care Manager

Responsible for implementing field-based quality control systems and providing support to all Care & Support Workers within the Cork area.

Principal responsibilities

· To carry out Individual Needs Assessments for new and potential service users.

· To conduct risk assessments as part of the Individual Needs Assessment and update these as required as part of the individual’s risk management.

· To carry out introductory visits every time a Care & Support Worker visits a service user for the first time.

· To ensure all service user visits are always covered.

· To be on-call in case of emergency. (weekly assigned shifts would mean that you would be on call alternate weekends)

· To liaise closely with Care Coordinators regarding recruitment, permanent allocation of Care & Support Workers and the writing of Care & Support Agreements.

· To identify suitable Care & Support Workers to cover for any absences, this may be due to sickness or holiday.

· To provide and facilitate in-field training as and when appropriate.

· To monitor, supervise and mentor all Care & Support Workers in the field.

· To ensure that all written reports and administration is up to date.

· To assist in recruiting new health care care assistants.

Field Care Supervisors will spend approximately 70% of their working week in the field with the remaining 30% being spent in the office in order to complete the necessary administrative duties.

Must have at

Access to own transport and clean vehicle Licence. (Essential)
Ability to work on call rotating weekly schedule covering alternate weekends (Essential)
At least 3 years professional care work experience (Essential)
QQI level 6 qualifications minimum (essential) preferably with clinical qualifications.
Completion of a new Garda vetting application (Essential)
Educated to at least QQI level 5 in healthcare ideally level 6. (Essential)
Two previous employer references (Essential)
Strong written and spoken English. (Essential)
Good IT skills (based on merit)
Legal entitlement to work within the Republic of Ireland (Essential)