Adult Care Worker - North London

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Job description

Providing low to medium level need and personal care to adults 55+

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You will be working for a Leading Adult care home providing low to medium level needs and personal care to ages over 55.This position is key to supporting us to deliver a high quality service to our customers, enabling them to live life to the full while delivering personal care and support.

Main Duties:

* To promote customers' dignity, choice, rights and independence .

* Listen to customers to ensure you are meeting their needs and assist them in daily lives and personal care.
* Build professional relationships to build trust and respect.
* Report anything you think is unsafe in relation to your work or to a customer.
* Actively be involved in health and safety inspections.
* Report and record any bad practice to a line manager\/senior member.
* Assist customers with their physical and social needs, ensuring all emotional and physical needs are met.
* Provide medication and assist in cleaning customers homes.
* Assist customers with things such as shopping, cooking, preparing food and personal care such as washing, bathing, toilet and dressing.
* Ensure customers receive appropriate care\/ support plans and keep good quality and accurate records to show where you have been working and what you have been doing.

It is Essential:

* Ability to provide personal care for older people, including assisting people to wash, dress and attend to all personal needs
* Good understanding of health and safety in the workplace and in the home.
* Good spoken English
* Diploma in Health and Social Care (if not already, or equivalent NVQ)
* ATLEAST 6 months experience as a care or support worker

In order to proceed we require from you:

* Application form( which we will provide you with after speaking with you)
* Right to work e.g: Passport, ID, NI,Proof of address
* Be able to provide us with relevant Reference details.

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