HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.
Why Join Us?
As a valued member of our team, youll enjoy:
Competitive Pay & Benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Paid training
Ongoing Support & Recognition
- Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
- 24/7 on-call assistance
- Employee perks, including:
- Blue Light discount card
- Long Service Awards
- PA of the Quarter Awards
- 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
The Role
As a Personal Care Assistant, youll be part of our clients dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. Youll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.
This role is to provide personalised complex care for our client in his own home in Norwich. Offering 24hrs a week on 12-hour shifts which will be 08:00 - 20:00, 09:00 - 21:00 or 20:30 08:30.You will work on a flexible rota across all days to ensure continuity of care so you must be available to work across all days.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a gentleman in his 50's who has diabetes and whose condition of MS has progressed, which both need to be monitored on a regular basis. He suffers from chronic pain and memory loss and requires support in all aspects of mobility and daily living including full personal/continence care which includes catheter care, PEG feeding, blood glucose monitoring and medication administration.
Other duties include ensuring proper hydration, bathing, performing general domestic tasks including cooking, accompanying him to appointments, following SALT and continence guidelines, and collaborating closely with other team members.
Our client has a Labrador and you will be required to support with caring for her too which includes taking her to the vets and administering medication.
Training & Support
We provide comprehensive, paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:
- Full induction
- Safeguarding Adults
- First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety
- Personal / Catheter Care
- Gastrostomy
- Moving & Handling / Falls Awareness
- Medication Care Needs / Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Diabetes Awareness / Mental Health / Multiple Sclerosis
All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.
Who Were Looking For
- It is preferable that you have care experience due to our clients complex needs, however our dedicated nurse for this package will provide training and support
- You must be comfortable with all aspects of personal care
- Knowledge and experience of diabetes and MS
- You must be comfortable around dogs as you will need to help care for the clients Labrador and be happy to take her for walks
- Driver with a full UK driving licence as this role will include driving our client to appointments
- Flexible to work any shift, as needed to fit in with the rota
- A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
- Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
Join a Team That Cares
At Home Care Direct, we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards.
If you're dedicated to making a meaningful difference, apply today!
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