Job overview
This is a permanent visiting care role supporting a 93-year-old client with heart failure and mobility needs. The client requires assistance with personal care, meal preparation, and companionship. The successful candidate will be a warm, kind, and emotionally supportive carer who can help the client feel safe and understood.
Key responsibilities
The carer will visit the client's home and undertake the following responsibilities:
- Support with hygiene and toileting needs
- Assist with mobility around the home
- Buy groceries and prepare meals
- Provide friendly companionship and emotional support
About the client
Age: 93
Medical conditions: Heart failure
The client is very frail and requires help with washing and dressing. Support is also needed with meal preparation. The client's husband is 90 years old and fairly unstable on his feet. The client's daughter lives 20 minutes away and visits several times per week to assist with shopping, housework, and laundry.
Work environment
Smoke-free and pet-free home.
Requirements
Essential qualifications:
Essential skills:
- Fluent English speaker
- Ability to heat microwave meals and warm food in an oven
- Warm, kind, and emotionally supportive approach
- Ability to reassure people and help them feel safe and understood
Working pattern
35 - 40 hours per week, permanent position
Every day: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Every evening: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
7 days per week