Care Assistant

Company Description

🌟 Care Assistants – Join Our Friendly Team at London Care 🌟

✨ Brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. ✨

Plenty of ups, some downs, and a few curveballs. At London Care, every day is different. Every day gives you the chance to do meaningful, rewarding work that truly changes people’s lives. 💙

We’re currently recruiting Care Assistants to join our dedicated team, supporting service users across South West London to live safer and supported lives in their own homes.

📍 Work Locations Work close to home in some of our most vibrant and welcoming communities:

🏠 Raynes Park 🌇 Clapham 🌳 Brixton 🏞️ Merton 🏘️ Mitcham 🌆 Wimbledon 🌸 Putney 🌻 Battersea 🏡 Wandsworth 🏠 Morden

Wherever you’re based, there’s a neighbourhood near you waiting for your care and compassion! 💙

💷 Pay & Benefits 💰 Weekdays (Mon-Fri): £15.15 per hour 💰 Saturdays: £15.35 per hour 💰 Sundays: £15.65 per hour

⏰ Shift Patterns Our services run 7 days a week, offering flexible shifts to suit your lifestyle: 🌞 Day Shifts: 06:00/07:00 AM – 2:00 PM 🌙 Evening Shifts: 2:00 PM – 10:00/11:00 PM

We value flexibility and reliability, and we provide consistent work for those who are passionate about making a difference.

💫 Why Join London Care? At London Care every day is different. Each shift brings new challenges, rewarding moments, and the chance to make a real difference in someone’s life. Our Care Professionals are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients.

You’ll follow individual care plans and assist with:

• Personal Care: Washing, bathing, dressing, toileting arrangements, and managing incontinence.

• Medication: Assisting clients with preparing and administering medication.

• Mobility: Helping clients overcome mobility problems and physical disabilities, including the use and care of aids/adaptations.

• Nutrition: Helping with eating and drinking by preparing meals, snacks, and assisting with feeding if required.

• Domestic Tasks: Shopping, housework, making and changing beds, tidying rooms, light cleaning, laundry, and emptying commodes.

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. As part of the largest care company in the UK, we’re transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative technology, and driving positive change. With our size and success, we can offer you a world of career opportunity, choice, and security.

Job Description

What else you'll help with:

• Companionship – being a friendly face & preventing loneliness through engaging conversations, activities, and outings.
• Personal Care – all aspects of personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, while maintaining the client's dignity and privacy.
• Medication Management – collecting prescriptions, providing reminders, and assisting with the administration of medication as per care plan guidelines.
• Nutrition and Mealtimes – preparing tasty and nutritious meals, considering dietary requirements and preferences, and assisting with feeding when necessary.
• Housekeeping – keeping their home just the way they like it, including light cleaning, laundry, and tidying up living spaces.
• Mobility Assistance – help with getting around safely, including transfers, walking support, and using mobility aids.
• Health Monitoring – observing and reporting changes in the client's physical or mental condition to healthcare professionals and family members.
• Social Inclusion – encouraging and facilitating participation in community activities and maintaining connections with family and friends.
• Emotional Support – providing a listening ear, empathy, and reassurance to clients experiencing anxiety, loneliness, or distress.
• Documentation – maintaining accurate records of care provided, incidents, and any changes in the client's condition.
• Safety and Emergency Response – ensuring a safe living environment, recognising potential hazards, and responding appropriately to emergencies.
• Collaboration – working effectively with other care team members, healthcare professionals, and family members to ensure comprehensive and consistent care.

Qualifications

What you'll need (besides a cape and superpowers!)

Hold onto your hats, because you don't need any social care experience to join our merry band of care crusaders! We're more interested in your heart of gold and your ability to sprinkle kindness wherever you go. You'll need to be as resilient as a rubber band and as eager to learn as a curious kitten. Get ready to level up your skills and knowledge as part of our close-knit (and slightly bonkers) team!

While previous experience isn't necessary, you'll need to show us that you've got compassion oozing from your pores, communication skills that would make a UN diplomat jealous, and problem-solving abilities that would impress our Moher Teresa herself! Oh, and a commitment to delivering top-notch, respectful care that would make your gran proud!

• Have a right to work within the UK (sorry, time travellers from the future need not apply)