Live-in Care Assistant

• Day to day living tasks including personal hygiene, cooking, feeding, provision of frequent drinks
• routine housework
• Daily rigorous morning routine which includes stretches, exercises, and use of a standing-frame
• Regular catheter care, assistance with personal care and bowel management
• Driving – including a weekly trip to the client’s workplace, and routine care there
• Frequent outings with client and family members, meeting up with friends, dining out, music gigs, theatre etc.
• Occasional holidays in UK and abroad
• Sleep apnoea prevention

• Right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship)
• Minimum of 1 year’s UK experience of providing live-in care, preferably with spinal injury client(s)
• Ability to learn routines quickly and to use initiative to solve problems
• Good listening skills, good hearing, and fluent English language skills
• Physically fit, strong and able
• Full and clean UK manual driving licence for Motability van
• Readiness to work in a family setting, with young children
• Organisational ability, and a pro-active attitude to the job

Experience with spinal injury client(s)

• £50.00 per week food allowance
• Carers have their own bedrooms and shared bathroom
• Extensive training programme including the Care Certificate
• Complex care training tailored to each client’s unique needs
• Full training provided by in-house community nurse assessor
• Competitive pay rates
• Market leading mileage pay
• Fantastic management team
• Open-door policy