Now Hiring: Female Domiciliary Care Workers in Liverpool

Are you looking for rota care worker agency work in Liverpool and Preston? Proximity Healthcare is looking for female domiciliary rota care workers with full British driver’s license. You will be provided with a company car to drive patients to and from various locations.

Care workers help vulnerable people manage their daily activities and live as independently as possible.

You’ll need:

• sensitivity and understanding
• a desire to help people
• the ability to work well with others
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• the ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• customer service skills
• excellent verbal communication skills
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

You’ll need to pass enhanced background checks, be physically fit, and have a British driving license.

Your daily work will encompass helping with washing, eating, and dressing, supporting physical and mental well-being, and providing comfort and company.

Register below to start your new care work adventure!

Why Do You Need to Be Fully Licensed to Drive in Britain?

You will be responsible for pick-ups and drop-offs as a care worker caring in someone’s home. Be ready to assist with travel to places like grocery stores, doctors’ offices, and friends’ and families’ homes. You may also have to travel between different clients.

Why Female Care Workers?

A lot of patients feel safer with women caring for them. This is because they are less likely to be risk takers and are softer and gentler as a species. Also, some patients may prefer female carers for intimate care, though this is rare.

In addition, women often have softer approaches to bedside manner and communication skills, aiding with building better long-term relationships, which in turn leads to better health outcomes.

About Rota Work

Rota work is working on a schedule or prescribed shifts. Rotas are usually made to ensure that there is adequate staffing to cover patient needs, taking into account leave and the number of patients.

This aids in creating predictability. However, sometimes carers can’t make their shifts, requiring agency workers to step in.

Preston and Liverpool’s Elderly Demographic

Just over 1 in 5 (21.6%) of the population in Cheshire and Warrington are aged 65 and over, higher than most of England’s average.

The most prevalent health conditions in Liverpool’s elderly include cardiovascular (CHD) and respiratory diseases, cancer, and mental health problems (mostly dementia). In Cheshire, there are excess winter deaths of people aged 85 and over.

The Liverpool City Council’s 2019-2024 NHS strategy says that about 45% of the Cheshire and Merseyside population lives with long-term conditions, accounting for 85% of all hospital admissions, 92% of all mental health contacts, and 60% of all A&E attendances. Liverpool has long suffered from poor health outcomes, emphasising the need for good quality carers. Excellent carers make for healthier and happier communities.

In 2021, the Public Health Institution collaborated with John Moores University to release an Older People Health and Wellbeing Profile. Based on national estimates applied to the Liverpool City Region population aged 65 and over, it can be estimated that 60,056 may be experiencing mild loneliness, with 24,022 experiencing intense loneliness. By 2035, numbers are expected to increase by more than 16,000 for mild loneliness, and by more than 5,000 for intense loneliness. As a care worker, most of your work will revolve around comforting your patient.

Carers are integral to the social, psychological, and physiological well-being of Liverpool and Preston’s elderly population. Concurrently, the University and Institute report that levels of social isolation amongst care users are significantly lower than the national average.

The NHS’ long-term goal is to help older people live well with long-term conditions. This is why the demand for care workers is steeply rising.

If you would like to work with Proximity Healthcare to become a domiciliary care worker in Liverpool and Preston, get in touch with us!