Personal Care Assistant /Home Caregiver - Tauranga
Full-time 30 hours per week guaranteed
- Rostered shifts, supportive and friendly team
- Ongoing training and professional development
We are looking for an experienced Personal care assistant with a friendly personality, a sense of humor, initiative, and a sense of commitment. For full-time rostered shifts.
Responsibilities:You will provide a Personal Care service to service users, to enable them to lead as independent a lifestyle as possible. This will involve a program of personal care and household management that is personalized to the service user in the form of a Care Plan.
You will need to be able to/tasks involved:
- Identify and assess the extent of difficulties for the client and understand their needs and problems
- Implement a personalized care plan
- Monitor and report promptly on the progress of each client
- Support with their physical, emotional, or health-related needs
- Assist with personal cares including showering, dressing and eating.
- Assist client with mobility, manual transfer and hoisting, and access to the community.
- Assist clients with all types of communication.
- Observing client's health condition and reporting to the coordinators.
- Medication prompting.
- Assisting with physiotherapy exercises.
We are looking for people who have:
- Passion for enabling the client to lead a good life
- Have a minimum of 3 months experience in homecare/healthcare
- Health and Wellbeing Qualification Level 3 or Level 4 NZQA (or equivalent/above) or willingness to work towards
- Good Communication Skills-Excellent command of the English language
- A valid driver's license
- Culturally aware and willing to work rostered shifts
In return:
- Competitive salary per hour plus travel time and travel kilometers paid
- Rostered shifts
- Friendly and supportive team
- Flexibility and variety in your role
- Ongoing training and professional development
- robust orientation
To be the best you have to work for the best - come join our friendly, supportive team now!!!! For further information please contact Russel at 072220316, russel.molomolo@lifeplus.co.nz, or APPLY and attach your CV.