Female Live-in Carer - Dementia Experience Required

Female Live-in Carer - Dementia Experience Required

Female Live In Carer - Dementia Experience Required

Salary:£850 per week (inclusive of food)
Work Pattern: One week on / One week off

Bluebird Care – Where you change lives

We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As the leading Home Care provider, we take pride in our work - and we’re looking for a caring and dedicated Live In Care Assistant to join our care team and help us set the standard.

Being a Live-In Carer offers a real sense of purpose and job satisfaction. You will live with a customer, providing companionship, support and reassurance, while helping them remain safe and independent.

Please note:Applicants MUST have their own permanent residence local to us in the North East of England, or the lower Scottish Borders (just north of Berwick-Upon-Tweed).

Responsibilities

As aLive In Careryour key responsibilities will include:

• Provide high-quality care tailored to the customers needs
• Assist with personal care (e.g. bathing, dressing, grooming)
• Help with meal prepping, preparation and nutrition
• Support with medication, prescriptions and safe disposal
• Dementia, Parkinson’s, and other complex care needs
• Carry out light housework like tidying, laundry and general cleaning
• Be a dependable friendly, familiar face and provide companionship

Our Live In Carers benefit from:

• £850 per week, inclusive of food
• Paid annual leave
• £400 referral scheme for introducing new carers (T&C’s apply)
• Fully paid induction in line with the Care Certificate
• Access to Health & Social Care qualifications
• Supportive and friendly working environment
• Shadowing programme with experienced care assistants to ensure you are comfortable with your role and responsibilities

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year’s healthcare/care experience
• Experience supporting older or vulnerable adults with Dementia & Parkinson's
• Excellent communication and a compassionate, professional approach
• Ability to maintain accurate care records
• To be able to commit to living with a client for periods of time
• Right to work in the UK without requiring spοnsοrship or vіsa transfer

We can offer you a stable career in these uncertain times.

Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions.

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