New Job Opportunity - would you apply?
Looking for a new challenge in life? How about a job as a family carer of someone with dementia. You don't need to apply it can happen at any stage in life.
Job Description
Salary: - £0 / 0.40p p/h
Hours : - Full time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
Holiday entitlement: - None
Sick pay: - None
Pension: - None
Other Workplace Benefits - none
Duties
To provide care 24/7 for someone with dementia .
May include but not limited to help with washing, dressing , toileting,
Deal with all matters of finance, banking, benefits, bill paying etc
Arrange and oversee and transport to all medical appointments
Sort prescriptions and administer medication
Act as an advocate in all financial, legal, health matters
Arrange days out and activities and arrange transport
Provide daily activities within the home
Shopping, cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing, gardening, building maintenance, general DIY, and all other domestic duties.
Ensure all health and safety considerations are considered at all times, both in the home and outside
Basic first aid skills required
Must be able to give advice regularly in a non-judgemental way
Other duties as and when necessary
Essential Criteria:
Kindness in abundance
Hugely empathetic
Endless patience
Good sense of humour
Ability to problem solve
Calm in a crisis
Must be able to carry out duties even when not well yourself
Ability to drive and car owner preferred
There are at least 700,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK
Would you apply? This is the reality of thousands of unpaid family carers.
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