Job Description
Announcement: Due to the success of the Senior Carer role we are expanding our team with additional Senior Carers, see the below job description for further information.
Kelly Park Limited is a family run business founded in August 1994 in the Domiciliary care sector. We are Durham County Council’s preferred provider, providing domiciliary home care support to vulnerable adults and children across the county. We work in partnership with Skills for Care and Durham County Council’s Care Academy to continuously improve and develop the skills set of our staff, ensuring that we can meet the ever-changing needs of our service users. We aim to provide high-quality, person-centered care to our service users, ensuring they enjoy the best quality of life in their own homes, promoting their independence, and respecting their privacy and dignity.
Understanding values important to us
At Kelly Park, our commitment to exceptional health and social care is defined by our Core Values, known as the 6C’s of Care:
- Care: We always prioritise the wellbeing of our Service Users.
- Compassion: We approach every situation with empathy and kindness.
- Competence: We ensure our team has the skills and knowledge to deliver outstanding care.
- Communication: We foster open, clear, and respectful interactions.
- Courage: We face challenges head-on and advocate for positive change.
- Commitment: We are dedicated to providing consistent, high-quality home care.
Our Senior Carer team will be assigned a specific area to operate in such as:
- Durham
- Consett
- Stanley
- Chester Le Street
Previous domiciliary care is an essential requirement as part of this post as the ideal candidate would be carrying our senior care duties as well supporting our care coordinators and risk assessment team.
Care Based Responsibilities include:
- Promoting independence, and caring for our service users in their own homes and completing daily tasks.
- Encourage service users to be actively involved in all aspects of their day-to-day care.
- Accompanying our service users to appointments and access their local community.
- Preparing meals and snacks to help sustain the service user’s nutritional needs.
- Tidying our service user’s home, assisting with basic domestic care tasks, and ensuring their home environment is an enjoyable space for them.
- Monitoring including but not limited to, Spot checks, visit compliance, and audit paperwork including logged events.
- Supporting our Care Co-Ordinators with unplanned absences, and holiday coverage.