Volunteer General Care Home Assistant - St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom - MHA

MHA

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St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

MHA's mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life. At MHA Lauriston, we provide residential, nursing, and residential dementia care for 60 residents.

Our care home is a busy environment with a variety of activity happening every day. As a General Care Home Assistant, you'll support the team with a variety of tasks that vary each week.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Support residents with activities
Support residents to access gardens
Spend time with residents playing games or chatting
Delivering laundry to residents' rooms
Serve meals
Set up activity sessions and general tidy after
Basic admin

- filing, photocopying, and updating noticeboards etc.

Joining in with events or fundraising
You must ensure that residents needs are put first, whilst respecting their privacy and independence
You'll maintain confidentiality
You will be familiar with and adhere to MHA's Health and Safety Policies and policies relating to your volunteering role.

Benefits for you:

Help improve the quality of life for older people
Support your community
Keep socially active
Be part of a friendly team
Gain experience
Learn new skills

Skills and qualities desired:

Friendly
Trustworthy
Good communication and people skills
Able to use your own initiative, but also able to ask for help when you need.
You'll be reliable and punctual
You'll be able to maintain confidentiality

Training, support, and requirements:

You must be at least 16 years old
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two character references are required
Induction and training on safeguarding, health and safety and other training relevant to the role
Ongoing support from a named contact

Times and Commitment: