Home Care Support Worker - Limerick

We offer guaranteed hours to our Healthcare Assistants.

Offering Full Time and Part Time positions

Our carers enjoy fantastic benefits including:

• €14.80/hr + travel time paid + mileage (premium rates for work after 7pm and on Sundays)
• PAID WEEKLY
• Guaranteed Hours
• Competitive rates of pay
• Paid while client is in respite or hospital
• Paid Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Full time and Part time hours available
• Support from our on-call team
• Work in your own community
• Values-led environment
• Long Service awards
• Savings Scheme
• Hospital Saturday Fund
• Part-time working arrangements supported

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Healthcare Assistant will be responsible for providing homecare to individual Clients in their home settings
• Assist in All aspects of personal care
• Meal preparation and planning
• Mobility assistance
• Provide Assistance with Continence management and provision of catheter care
• Assist with Light housekeeping duties and errand services
• Provide Companionship and recreational activities

Essential skills and Qualifications:

• Experience working as a carer
• QQI Level 5 in HealthCare (full 8 modules) or min 2 modules care of the older person and care skills
• Good knowledge and experience of working with the older person and critical illness clients
• Flexible approach to work
• Excellent communicator with the ability to listen and be client focused, dedicated and reliable.
• Full clean drivers license and own transport

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to €16.10 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 39 per week

Benefits:

• Company events
• Employee assistance program
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person