Healthcare Assistant / Support Worker

Full Job Description

Are you passionate about supporting and transforming the lives of people who are experiencing homelessness?

Hallmark healthcare Ltd are looking for people to join our team of Support Workers deployed all across London and neighbouring cities working on behalf of various different clients in our domiciliary care services.

About the Role 

• Flexible work to fit around your other commitments
• Temporary ongoing
• Competitive pay
• Must have an updated Enhanced DBS Certificate.
• Previous experience required
• Travel allowance

Salary: £11.00 – £13.50 per hour

Location: Greater London

Accountable to: Service Manager / Care Supervisor

If you’re passionate about providing the very best care, we think there’s nowhere better to work than HALLMARK HEALTHCARE LIMITED. Working as a professional hourly carer on a guaranteed hours contract you’ll make a genuine difference to the lives of the people you support. You’ll provide hourly care and companionship at a time when people need it the most and all in the comfort of their own homes for short periods of time. This isn’t just work. It’s life changing work.

When you join us you can be assured that you will have a CQC ‘outstanding’ team supporting you. We’ll help you develop your knowledge through our specialist training courses and ensure you have all the support you need from our team of caring experts.

Please note you must already have the right to work in the UK. We cannot assist with any sponsorship or visa requests – including those applying for a health and social care visa.

Why we think there’s nowhere better:

• Guaranteed hour contracts
• Excellent pay rates above London living wage
• Paid travel time and travel costs between calls
• Holidays accrued from shifts and travel time between calls
• Free DBS Check
• Minimum of 1 hour visits
• Great in-house training
• Care certificate, level 2 & 3 Diploma along with expert led advanced courses and extensive learning programmes
• 24/7 on call support
• Pension scheme
• Generous ‘Refer A Friend’ Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• All clients accessible by public transport

About the role:

You will be visiting clients in their own homes, working as a domiciliary carer with a minimum call time of 1 hour. You will assist with:

• Supporting clients with their personal care
• Supporting with continence management
• Administering medication
• Light housework
• Preparing healthy meals
• Accompanying clients to appointments and social outings
• Supporting clients to pursue their interests and hobbies
• Offering specialised care for people living with conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, strokes and other conditions, as well as end of life care

Please note that due to the nature of this role, appointed staff members will need to travel between residences where required. A set travel expense will be reimbursed.

We’re looking for:

• A minimum of 6 months’ professional care experience working, for example in a care home, nursing home, healthcare assistant, domiciliary care worker or similar role
• Household management skills e.g. cleaning, hoovering and keeping a home tidy
• Hold or commit to attaining a Level 2 Diploma in health and social care
• Excellent English language skills – comprehension, spoken and written
• Physically fit e.g. able to carry shopping bags, carry meal trays up and down stairs and undertake client moving and handling (with necessary equipment)
• Ability to work effectively within time allocated
• Professionally presented
• Reliable and punctual
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Consistently delivers high quality service in line with agreed objectives
• IT skills – able to use a computer / laptop or similar electronic devices/ online systems
• Due to increased demand, we are currently only accepting applications from vaccinated or medically exempt Carers

If you’re naturally friendly, with a desire to make a positive difference to your client’s life, we want to hear from you!

Providing high-quality live-in care in people’s homes across England and Scotland.

Job Type: Part-time and full-time roles available
Part-time hours: 10-40 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free or subsidised travel
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Northwest London/ North London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Care: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

For further Information, please contact info@hallmarkhcare.co.uk and apply online