Casual Care / Domestic Assistant - Ferndale House (Ferndale)

1. Are you a caring individual with a desire to help people, looking for a flexible Care / Domestic role?
2. Duties will include general domestic tasks, kitchen duties and personal care of residents and service users.
3. We offer free dedicated Occupational Health Service including self-referral physiotherapy and confidential counselling services.

Job Reference: REQ001142

Salary: £12.18 or £12.80 per hour, depending on the duties undertaken

Location: Ferndale House Resource Centre, Station Road, Ferndale CF43 4ND

Are you a caring individual with a desire to help people, looking for a flexible Care / Domestic role? If so, please join us, we are actively looking for individuals to join our dedicated team.

The home is situated in the village of Ferndale within close proximity to all local amenities including bus links to the surrounding areas.

About Us:

We provide a high standard quality of care for up to 20 individuals with a diagnosis of dementia and general residential. We support our residents to maintain skills and encourage independence and promote dignity and privacy at all times. We respect peoples choices and engage individuals in activities and social outings.

As we are a regulated service our focus is on encouraging individuals care needs and for plans to be outcome based.

The Role:

We are interested in hearing from people who are reliable, have excellent communication skills and work well with others to work within our social care workforce. Duties will include general domestic tasks, kitchen duties and personal care of residents and service users.

You will need to be flexible and available at short notice to support our homes and cover periods of absence of permanent staff during the week, weekends and nights.

Candidates for these posts will have a positive outlook and understanding of the needs of older people. Previous experience of working with or spending time with an older person or person with a disability would be an advantage. The successful candidates will be supported to complete the All Wales Induction Framework (AWIF), a programme designed to prepare you for your new role and registration with Social Care Wales.

Benefits:

• Paid DBS
• Paid registration with Social Care Wales
• Fully supported and free training programme
• Shadowing experienced members of staff at induction
• Full necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and thorough risk assessments are carried out on the work environment in accordance with government guidelines.
• Free dedicated Occupational Health Service including self-referral physiotherapy and confidential counselling services
• Generous workplace pension scheme
• Staff benefits discount card
• Access to Blue Light card discounts
• Opportunities for career progression