Community Care Worker
Optimum Care
Employer Location: DOWNPhone Number: 02891801198
Email: recruitment@optimumcaregroup.co.uk
Web: www.optimumcaregroup.co.uk
Job description
Join our Community Care team. Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing. We have full time and part time positions available. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.
Responsibilities
- Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing.
- Provide refreshments and light snacks.
- Prompt and administer medication.
- Assist with practical support such as light cleaning, fire lighting, and shopping, dish-washing, laundry, cleaning and maintaining spectacles, false teeth and hearing aids.
- Assist client to move safely which may require the use of moving and handling aids such as. hoists and slide sheets.
- Provide a care sitting service to give respite to other carers such as family members.
- Encourage and promote client independence and choice, and uphold client rights and dignity.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Full driving license.
- Access to a car & car insurance in connection with business.
Desirable Skills
- Having a desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home.
Further Information
To provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts. Part-time also available. £300 joining bonus (paid after 3 months in the role).
- Vacancy ID
- 1785159
- Job ref.
- Carrickfergus
- Job Sector
- Carers and Support Workers
- Area
- Co Antrim
- Location
- Carrickfergus and Larne
- Salary
- £13.20 per hour
- No. vacancies
- 2
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 30
- Published date
- 07/09/2026
- Closing date
- 07/10/2026
- Worktime
- Day shift 7.00am-6.00pm, Evening Shift 6.00pm-11.00pm,
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