Support Worker at Apollo Home Healthcare

Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with adults? Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support? If you are an experienced Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you!

Since its inception in 2014, Apollo Home Healthcare has aimed to provide complex home healthcare services that the team would be happy for their own family members to receive. Apollo Home Healthcare’s dedicated and experienced local teams are committed to consistently delivering high-quality, person-centred services to individuals with long-term or life-limiting conditions.

Apollo Home Healthcare goes above and beyond to ensure that clients can live the life they want to live and achieve their aspirations while enabling them to live as independently as possible in their own homes.

As a trusted provider of complex home care, Apollo Home Healthcare operates through local operational hubs across the UK. The company works in partnership with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), case managers, local authorities, private clients, and those arranging care funded through their Personal Health Budget (PHB).

Position: Support Worker

Salary: £13 to £16 an hour

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Merseyside, UK

About the Role

Apollo Home Healthcare are looking for compassionate and committed Support Workers/Healthcare Assistants in St Helens, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality two-to-one care for our service user, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in his own home.

The role of a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) is to work without direct supervision in the home of the service user providing care and support including personal, social, and domestic support whilst adhering to the service users individual care and support plan.

The aim of the position is to enable service users to remain safely in their own home with as much independence as possible.

Alongside providing care and support in a professional, discreet, and caring manner, always ensuring the service users right to privacy and dignity is maintained

The client is a gentleman in his 40s, who lives at home in his adapted bungalow in St Helens and requires support on a 2:1 basis throughout the day and night to support his complex care needs.

The client is a charismatic individual who thrives on social interactions and enjoys exploring the world around him. Despite facing certain challenges, he remains vibrant and spirited, seeking companionship to accompany him on outings and social gatherings.

He shows a big interest in sports and particularly a big fan of Warrington Wolves where he loves to attend to watch the games when he can.

Main Duties

  • As part of his dedicated care team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing his quality of life by providing compassionate support and fostering engaging conversations.
  • Your role will include assisting with mobility, supporting with his personal care, and attending to his clinical care needs when required.
  • You will ensure his safety and well-being, and assist him to enjoying his hobbies, and interests, along with various social activities.
  • Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care needs, repositioning, clinical observations and attending to his clinical needs when required.
  • You will provide a safe and calming environment to promote a restful nights sleep.
  • Our ideal care team will be pet friendly as he does have friendly pet dog at home who he enjoys spending time with.

Qualifications

  • 3 months previous care experience
  • Personal Care
  • Moving and Handling
  • Medication Administration

Desirable

  • Spinal Injury Knowledge
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Drivers Licence

NOTE: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Benefits

  • Flexible hours to suit
  • Confirmed rotas
  • Holiday pay
  • Excellent rewards and recognition
  • Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
  • Ongoing professional training and development

Required Documents

  1. CV/Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to visit the official webpage and apply

Application Deadline

July 30, 2024