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What is Home care?
Home care, otherwise known as domiciliary care, is the provision of care and support services that enable individuals to remain independent in their own homes. This often prevents the need for people to enter a residential care setting such as a care or nursing home and is the preferred option for most service users and their families. As people continue to live for longer and choose to remain in their own homes, the domiciliary care sector is set to almost double in the UK over the coming years, creating numerous opportunities to quickly develop a career and access senior posts through ongoing training and qualifications – ALL of which are offered for free!
Main Responsibilities
As a domiciliary carer, you will provide care and support to individuals in their own homes in a variety of ways including personal care- washing/bathing/toileting, helping with medication, assisting with cooking, feeding, shopping, light domestic duties and very importantly be there to provide companionship. You will get to know the people you are caring for and gain a thorough understanding of their exact needs, helping them to achieve things that they are unable to do by themselves and allowing them to live as independently as possible.
A car is an essential part of the job (these are available from the employer) as you will be visiting clients in their own homes, which are located in roughly a 10 mile radius.
Benefits include:
- Permanent contract (40 hours per week)
- Secure, long-term work
- Many extra hours available
- Full induction program and ongoing support
- Pay rate – £7.50 per hour (Mon-Fri) £9.00 per hour (weekends)
- Accommodation, if needed will be provided (£100.00 – £150.00 per week)
- Care Hire – £7.09 per day (includes all bills and insurance)
- 23 pence per mile paid for business mileage.
- Paid training providing NVQ/QCF qualifications
- Career progression
