As a care assistant, your responsibilities will vary as the nature of the role calls for it. However, these will mostly consist of:

• Personal Care: Assist with personal hygiene, washing assistance with using the toilet, assistance with incontinence inc. pads, commodes, and catheter bags.
• Support with eating and drinking: Ensuring that clients are encouraged to eat a healthy, balanced diet and the correct quantities, prepared meals look appetising and make sure the way they eat is appropriate for the client.
• Assisting with shopping: This is completed on the client’s request and a finance form must be completed with a receipt.
• Assist with mobility: Use of a hoist or other aides, or assistance in standing and movement. Dressing or assisting with any physical activity whereby the client needs support.
• Domestic duties: Cleaning, emptying bins, washing where requested.
• Record keeping: MAR chart (for medication), logbook (recording each visit to communicate to the next carer), care plan updates.
• Assist with medication: completing the MAR chart (Medical Administration Record) the administration of medication as outlined in the care plan and with customer consent.
• Promote independence: to allow the client to do as much as they can for themselves and only offer support where they need it.
• Give companionship: Simply talking and listening to the client and understanding their like and dislikes and encourage stimulating activities.

We are looking for Health Care Assistant that can be:

– Self-motivated

– Flexible

– Caring and sensitive to the needs of service others

– Team player but also be to work on your own initiative