Domiciliary Care Assistant

Location: The Chocolate Quarter, Keynsham (no driving required)

Hours: Part-time, 18 hours per week (3 x 6-hour shifts). Flexibility is required as shifts will cover a combination of daytime, evening, and weekend working.

Hourly rate: £13.64 per hour

The Role:

At St Monica Trust, we're a Bristol-based charity with over 100 years of supporting older people to live fulfilling, independent lives. We believe great care is about more than completing tasks, it's about building trusted relationships, promoting choice, and helping people continue living life on their own terms.

As a Domiciliary Care Assistant, you'll support residents in their own homes within our retirement communities, helping them maintain their independence while receiving the care they need. You'll provide person-centred support tailored to each individual, giving people the confidence and reassurance to continue enjoying the things that matter most to them.

This is a rewarding role where you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference every day, supporting wellbeing, dignity and quality of life through compassionate, relationship-led care.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Providing and delivering a comprehensive care and support service including all elements of personal care and hygiene, while maintaining independence and dignity at all times.

• Ensuring the social support of residents – e.g., encouraging/facilitating their interests and meaningful activities.

• Assisting where required in resident’s health and well-being including nutrition, medication/creams, mobility, shopping/health appointments and supporting/welcome their visitors.

• Formulate, review and maintain resident care plans and paperwork.  Consistently working in line with regulatory bodies and SMT policies – for example but not exclusive to GDPR, CQC, HSE, Local Authority expectations etc.

• Building and maintaining positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across and externally to St Monica Trust.

• Undertake housekeeping and laundry duties as necessary for the resident.

         

About You:

We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate the following key skills and requirements:

Communication

• Write notes and messages – numeracy, literacy and verbal skills.

• Communicate with people with differing communication needs.

• Encourage and influence.

• Understand and follow instructions and procedures.

• Strong customer service skills.

• Mixed methods and mediums of communication.

Thinking Style

• Analyses and evaluates given information.

• Adapts style and approach appropriate to situation or task.

• Structures tasks/activities. Pre-empts issues and trouble-shoots.

• Refers appropriate decisions to line manager.

• Identify and recommend learning and development areas for colleagues.

• Challenge, or suggest new ways of working, to promote the efficiency of the unit or team.

Well-being and Values

• Demonstrate interest, care and attention.

• Create a positive impression.

• Reliable, dependable and professional.

• Collaborate with residents – tailoring service to meet individual needs.

• Promptly respond to or refer to team leader/line manager (as appropriate to role), issues of residents or colleagues’ healthor well-being.

• Understand the needs of older people and people with dementia (including willingness and motivation to learn).

• Aware of cultural and individual differences in all interactions and service areas.

Working with Others

• Works effectively as part of a team.

• Builds relationships of trust with others (team, residents and their family & friends).

• Potential exposure to challenging, physical or emotional situations.

Other Skills and Qualifications

• Understanding of the needs of older people, including dementia and complex care needs.

• Ability to attend to personal care needs – including helping with food, bathing, toileting.

• Good level of IT skills (Microsoft packages).

• Care certificate or willingness to work towards Care Certificate

• Desirable to have First Aid, food hygiene and/or Manual Handling.

Why choose St Monica Trust?

• Enjoy a role where you are on site, with no driving required, and you can see the positive impact of your care every day

• Provide relationship-centred care that focuses on people, not just tasks

• Support residents to remain independent in their own homes

• Work in welcoming retirement communities where you can build meaningful connections

• Join a friendly, supportive team that values your contribution

• Access fully funded training and career development opportunities

In return you shall receive:

• Industry leading salary

• Workplace pension scheme with up to 7.5% employer contribution

• 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays) plus extra after 5 years

• Tailored ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your skills, confidence, and career.

• Cost of living support: Free employee retail discounts platform

• Stream for flexible pay

• Credit union savings and loans

• Subsidised meals

• Subsidised pool and gym

• Employee Assistance Programme and well-being support

• Free flu vaccinations

• Refer a Friend bonus scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Free uniform

Additional Information

• Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

• This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out

• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application.

Salary Ranges:

£26,598.00 - £26,598.00

Time Type:

Part time

If you have any queries please email our Recruitment Team - recruitment@stmonicatrust.org.uk