CareGiver

Here at Home Instead County Louth, we are looking to grow our team of Healthcare Assistants/Caregivers in Monaghan who have QQI/Fetac Level 5 Care Skills and Care of the Elderly along with a full driving licence.

Are you a caring person who would like to bring your natural skills into the professional caregiving community, or are you an experienced carer who is looking for a change? Feel confident and safe working with us in the current Covid 19 climate. Your safety and that of our clients is our main priority, in a safe working environment with all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided.

Care Assistant benefits:

• Competitive rates of pay, with premium rates for weekends and bank holidays
• We pay hourly, half hour and forty-five-minute rates - €8.50/30 minute Shift €9.00/45-minute shift
• Free 20-hour induction training and subsidised
• QQI training if you need it
• Free uniform and PPE
• Flexible schedule that matches your availability and fits in with your lifestyle
• Support and back-up from a nurse-led team and professional office
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• Focus group meetings – meet your peers over tea and cake!
• We value what you do - Monthly and annual Caregiver awards.
• Roll over holiday pay
• Refer a friend scheme

What does being a Care Assistant involve?

• You will enhance the lives of older people and their families by delivering a range of non-medical services to seniors in the local community.
• You will be fully trained, the ‘Home Instead Way’, and you will work with clients at different stages of their care journey.
• You will bring happiness into the hearts of local seniors, by helping them with daily tasks, reducing loneliness, and making home a better place to live.
• Your care visits could last anything from a 30-minute shift to a full eight-hour shift.
• With the right training, you will feel confident to provide more complex care to clients with higher needs, such as long-term illnesses, chronic conditions or Alzheimer’s or other dementias.

We are actively recruiting now, so if this is something you are interested in please 'click apply', we would love to hear from you!