Dovida Caregivers provide a variety of non-medical home care services which support, empower and uplift people, and help them to remain living at home. As a Dovida caregiver, you’ll provide essential support to ageing adults and people living with disability in their own homes. These services are person-centred, tailored to clients’ requirements, and delivered on flexible schedules.
These services generally fall under three categories:
- Companionship
- Home Help
- Personal Care
Companionship:
Companionship services are those that stimulate, encourage and assist an individual. The primary responsibilities of Companionship services include the following:
- Providing companionship and conversation
- Providing stabilisation and assistance with walking
- Preparing meals and cleaning up meal-related items
- Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders
Home Help:
Home Help services generally involve light housekeeping, errands or incidental transportation. The primary responsibilities of Home Help services include the following:
- Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens etc.)
- Washing and ironing laundry (Ironing not permitted by HSE)
- Running errands
- Accompanying clients to appointments
Personal Care:
Personal Care services are personal in nature and often include assistance with activities of daily living. The primary responsibilities of Personal Care services include the following:
- Assisting with bathing
- Assisting with dressing and grooming
- Assisting with hygiene, toileting and incontinence care
Additional Caregiver Responsibilities
These include the following:
- Reflect the core values of Dovida.
- Document daily activities and report any significant changes or concerns in regard to a client’s needs, living conditions, mental, physical or emotional condition.
- Contribute to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life
- Regularly communicate with your supervisor and office employee
- Use equipment and supplies as necessary, safely and properly in accordance with internal policies, practices and procedure
- Report hours of work according to office policy
- Perform other reasonable duties as assigned
Essential Experience, Skills and Qualifications
These include the following:
- Ability to treat and care for clients and their property with dignity and respect
- Ability to adapt to various living environments and locations
- Ability to communicate with clients and family members in a friendly and congenial manner
- Ability to maintain confidentially regarding client information
- Requirement to run errands and provide incidental transportation for a client
- Be consistently highly motivated and enthusiastic
- Physically fit to carry out demands of the role. Ability to perform manual tasks
- Ability to work a variety of care visit times, including overnights
- Excellent time keeping and attendance
Desirable Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- QQI qualification in care or working towards it
- Full driving licence with access to a vehicle
- Previous experience as a Caregiver