Health Care Assistant / Home Care Assistant

First Floor Chamber Buildings, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland K67 A3H7
Phone: 01 802 1118 / Fax: 01 802 1126
Email:

We Are Looking For Male & Female Carers
Full Time & Part Time Hours Available
Continental Shift Pattern (2 week roster pattern)

Fingal Home Care CLG is a social enterprise (not-for-profit Company) providing home support to HSE service users to enable them to live independently at home within their own communities and close to family and friends.

We have been providing services to the elderly and disabled across the Fingal area for over forty years, assisting them with:

• Personal care (tasks include but are not limited to bathing, transferring, toileting, washing, dressing and feeding).
• Practical light household care (tasks include but are not limited to making meals and light cleaning).
• Household tasks
• Shopping
• Companionship

We have vacancies for Health Care Assistants / Home Care Assistants in Balbriggan, North County Dublin, Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Donabate, Portrane, Malahide, Portmarnock and Swords Area.

Reporting to the Area Care Supervisor, successful applicants will:

• Attend to service users primarily in their own home.
• Carry out a range of care tasks for service users as indicated on the care plan and as described by your Care Supervisor. These tasks include personal care, light household care, and social care as follows:
• Personal care tasks include (but are not limited to) bathing, transferring, toileting, washing, dressing and feeding.
• Practical light household care tasks include (but are not limited to) making meals, tidying and hovering.
• Social care tasks include (but are not limited to) conversation, friendship, support and letter writing.
• Ensure that all medication is given in an accurate, prompt and supervised fashion in accordance with company procedures.
• Provide relief cover work for a colleague as required.
• Be aware of the changing needs of a service user and report these to your Care Supervisor.
• Maintain written records of visits as required by the company, including completion of daily diary.
• Attend and participate in individual, team and company training and meetings as required.
• Participate in formal and informal individual, team and group supervision as required.
• Observe/comply with all aspects of the company’s health and safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all safety equipment provided (e.g. hoists, slings, etc.) are used for the purpose intended and in a safe manner, and report immediately any health and safety risks in the service user's home to your Care Supervisor.
• Ensure that services are delivered by working within a flexible team rota. Employees in this position are required to be flexible regarding the duties they undertake and must be prepared to undertake such duties as assigned to them by the company from time to time.

Working Hours:
Continental Shift Pattern
Week 1: Work Monday, Work Tuesday, Off Wednesday, Off Thursday, Work Friday, Work Saturday, Work Sunday.
Week 2: Off Monday, Off Tuesday, Work Wednesday, Work Thursday, Off Friday, Off Saturday, Off Sunday.

Part Time & Full Time Contract available. Hours will be allocated within the above working pattern.

Qualities Required/Person Specification:

• Conscientious
• Reliable
• Flexible (work duties, service users, hours)
• Caring/Empathetic
• Honest/Trustworthy
• Discreet/Respectful
• Takes Initiative
• Confident and assertive
• Use of Common Sense
• Confidential/Sensitive
• Skilled in providing care
• Understanding of Personal Care Provision issues and skills
• Pleasant
• Kind Natured/Friendly
• Good Communicator/Listener

Desirable Qualifications:

• Full QQI level 5 in Health Care Support (Care of the Older Person and Care Skills modules are essential)
• First Aid Training
• Manual Handling Training
• QQI Level 5 SNA (if applicable)

Mandatory Training Provided by Fingal Home Care:

• Manual Handling and Patient moving (in person)
• First Aid Training (in person)
• Online Induction
• Online Dementia Training
• Online IPC Training

What We Provide in Return:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Premium weekend rate
• Guaranteed hours contracts
• Specified geographic areas of working
• Training and development support
• Mileage allowance & paid travel time

Garda Vetting and Police Clearance:

Fingal Homecare CLG will carry out Garda Vetting Clearance on all new employees where their role is engaged in relevant work (e.g. access to, or contact with, children or vulnerable adults). New employees engaging in relevant work will not take up duty until the Garda Vetting Clearance process has been completed and Fingal Homecare is satisfied that such an appointment does not pose a risk to clients, service users and employees.

Applicants who have resided overseas for a period of 6 months or more:

If you lived in any country for 6 months or more from the date of your 16th birthday other than the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland it will be mandatory to provide security clearance for each jurisdiction in which you have resided stating that you have no convictions recorded against you while residing there. All appointments will require satisfactory security clearances.

Health Care Assistant/Home Care Assistant Application Form