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Care Workers and Home Carers

Overview

£21,618 Entry Level Salary

£21,256 Average Salary

£34,157 Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

  • Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc..
  • Monitors service users’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping.
  • Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
  • Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
  • Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
  • Assists with service users’ overall comfort and wellbeing.
  • Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with feeding if required.
  • Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.

Education Requirements

Required Level Percentage achieved
Level 0 7%
Level 1 10%
Level 2 28%
Level 3 30%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 9%
Level 6 (Bachelors) 14%
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent) 2%
Level 8 (Doctorate) 0%

74 Annual Openings

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.

Skills & Knowledge Employers Are Asking For

Over the past year, employers in Lincolnshire have asked for the following skills & Knowledge in their job postings for Marketing and Commercial Managers.

Skills

Knowledge

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