Home Support Worker

18 hours ago

Galway, Galway, Ireland beBeeCaregiver Full time

Dovida Caregivers offer a range of non-medical home care services that empower individuals to remain living at home. As a caregiver, you will provide essential support to ageing adults and people living with disability in their own homes. These services are client-centred, tailored to individual needs, and delivered on flexible schedules.

  • Companionship
  • Home Help
  • Personal Care
Companionship:

Companionship services stimulate, encourage and assist an individual. Primary responsibilities include:

  • Providing companionship and conversation
  • Providing stabilisation and assistance with walking
  • Preparing meals and cleaning up meal-related items
  • Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders
Home Help:

Home Help services generally involve light housekeeping, errands or incidental transportation. Primary responsibilities include:

  • Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens etc.)
  • Washing and ironing laundry (Ironing not permitted by HSE)
  • Running errands
  • Accompanying clients to appointments
Personal Care:

Personal Care services are personal in nature and often include assistance with activities of daily living. Primary responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with bathing
  • Assisting with dressing and grooming
  • Assisting with hygiene, toileting and incontinence care
Additional Responsibilities:

These include:

  • Reflecting the core values of Dovida
  • Documenting daily activities and reporting any significant changes or concerns in regard to a client's needs, living conditions, mental, physical or emotional condition
  • Contributing to a positive living environment to enhance a client's quality of life
  • Regularly communicating with your supervisor and office employee
  • Using equipment and supplies as necessary, safely and properly in accordance with internal policies, practices and procedure
  • Reporting hours of work according to office policy
  • Performing other reasonable duties as assigned
Essential Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

These include:

  • Ability to treat and care for clients and their property with dignity and respect
  • Ability to adapt to various living environments and locations
  • Ability to communicate with clients and family members in a friendly and congenial manner
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding client information
  • Requirement to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client
  • Be consistently highly motivated and enthusiastic
  • Physically fit to carry out demands of the role. Ability to perform manual tasks
  • Ability to work a variety of care visit times, including overnights
  • Excellent time keeping and attendance
Desirable Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

These include:

  • QQI qualification in care or working towards it
  • Full driving licence with access to a vehicle
  • Previous experience as a Caregiver

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