Caregiver

Dovida Caregivers provide a variety of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their homes. These services are meant to enhance the quality of life for seniors. Dovida Caregivers help clients and their families meet the challenges of aging with dignity, pride, care and compassion.

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