Community Care Worker
Optimum Care
Employer Location: DOWNPhone Number: 02891801198
Email: recruitment@optimumcaregroup.co.uk
Web: www.optimumcaregroup.co.uk
Job description
Are you looking for a rewarding role in care where your work is valued? Join our Community Care team. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in you as a Carer as you are the backbone of our community services. We invest heavily in providing you with quality training and continuing support.
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, 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 licence & access to a car with car insurance in connection with business.
- Access to own mobile phone.
Desirable Skills
- Having a desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home.
Further Information
Shift Patterns; Day Shift 7am to 6pm. Evening Shift 6pm to 11pm. 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. £300 joining bonus (paid after 3 months in the role)
- Vacancy ID
- 1785163
- Job ref.
- Coleraine
- Job Sector
- Carers and Support Workers
- Area
- Derry or Londonderry
- Location
- Coleraine and surrounding areas
- Salary
- £13.20 per hour
- No. vacancies
- 3
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 37.5
- Published date
- 07/09/2026
- Closing date
- 07/10/2026
- Worktime
- See Further Information
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