Healthcare Assistant

The contract is Locality Homecare Services for delivery of personal care and support to service users within Suffolk County Council. Support Workers are required to promote service users’ independence in their own homes while delivering care in the home and other venues as may be assigned while maintaining personal service that always meets the individual’s personal needs with dignity, respect, and utmost confidentiality.

Duties and tasks will include the provision of personal, social, and enabling care and support to service users within their own homes and in the community.

Ability to communicate with the Service Users and their families while providing the highest quality care in accordance with their support plan, in a person-centered approach.
Good understanding of personal care, domestic/practical tasks, and enabling and support work that includes washing, dressing, bathing, toileting, and medication monitoring and/or assistance.

You might be required to undertake some social duties that include preparing and cooking meals, essential cleaning, shopping, bill payment, and fire maintenance.

Also, enabling and support may include such activities as supervising, monitoring, and coaching to empower service users to be as independent as possible and have control over their own lives. And may need to escort or accompany service users to community outings, appointments, or other events.
Training as support will be fully provided on the job.

A certificate of Sponsorship is available for foreign applicants provided they meet all the required criteria.