Independent Living Support Workers – Age UK Tunbridge Wells
Are you the right person to work with Older Clients within their homes, can you make a difference to their lives, why not join us and we can give you all the support you need to embark on a new and exciting journey?
Support workers enable older clients to continue to live independently within their own homes by supporting them with domestic tasks.
Tasks
Requirements of a support worker:
- A caring and empathetic attitude
- The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
- Good listening and communication skills
- The ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
- Good writing skills to fill in documentation
- You will need a smart mobile phone which you can download your work apps
- You will need access to a car and business insurance this post is community based
Requirements
Responsibilities of a support worker:
To undertake a wide range of domestic tasks for older people in their own homes according to their individual needs and wishes.
Outline of Duties:
- General domestic duties, shopping, medical appointments, social activities
- To co-operate with the service user’s carers, relatives, health service workers, whilst maintaining a flexible approach to the service provided.
- To be punctual and reliable.
- To report to the Service Co-ordinator any concern for the wellbeing of the service user, alerting him/her to any urgent/serious problems.
- To be flexible to the service user’s wishes as to how the work is carried out.
- To work to high standards consistently.
- To adhere to the principle of confidentiality.
Benefits
4 Weeks holiday per year pro rata
Milage allowance when travelling between clients homes
Bonus for completeing online training
Bonus for referring a friend to work for Age UK (Terms apply )
Must have Business insurance and valid Drivers licenses
Full enhanced DBS