Job Responsibilities

BROAD FUNCTION

The Care Associate (CA) will provide home-based personal care services which aims to assist clients with their daily activities of living, to enable them to be taken care of and live to assist client with their daily activities of living, to enable them to be taken care and live in the comfort and security of their own home.

Duties include but not limited to companionship, personal hygiene, medical escort, grocery shopping, meal preparation, feeding and light housekeeping.

Responsibilities

Assist with personal care tasks, and activities of daily living ("ADLs") such as showering, toileting, brushing teeth, cleaning of dentures, lifting, transferring and positioning of client, filing of nails, assisting with orals, and NGT or PEG tube feeding.

Assist with instrumental activities of daily living ("IADLs"), including light housekeeping and laundry, assistance with medication and simple errands such as grocery shopping.

Provide companionship and engage in mind-stimulating, recreational and leisure activities with client.

Performing simple maintenance exercises as prescribed by a registered therapist,

Provide medical escort services for clients who need to attend medical appointments.

Complete comprehensive and concise visit reports to ensure proper documentation.

Any other duties (including admin duties) as assigned by reporting officer.

Job Requirements

GCE ”N” Level

WSQ Higher Certificate/ Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Support (Nursing Care)

ITE Approved Training Centre Healthcare (Home Care) programme

At least 1 year of working experience as care staff in the home care setting

Able to use local language and dialects

Must be client-oriented, self-directed, independent yet able to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and have good interpersonal and communication skills

Able to complete visit reports

Have a valid Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification

Able to work 5.5 days work week