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Recruiting live-in carers

Live-in carers provide round-the-clock support for individuals who choose to live in their own homes.

At Superior Healthcare, this involves assisting adults, young people, or children who need ongoing clinical or social care to live safely and happily at home.

Many healthcare assistants and support workers who transition from care settings or domiciliary roles to live-in care find they love their new roles. Our live-in care roles offer the opportunity to build meaningful working relationships with clients.

What is a Live-in Carer?

As a Live-in Carer, you’ll move into clients’ homes and live with them. Your responsibilities may include providing clinical support for the client or assisting with their health and social care needs. This could range from providing personal care, and medication management, to completing or teaching clients how to do household tasks.

We provide comprehensive support to ensure both you and the client are set up for success. This includes additional paid training to boost your confidence in delivering high-quality person-centred care.

What does a Live-in Carer do?

Individuals with previous experience working in a care home or domiciliary care usually thrive in providing live-in care, because they enjoy building a working relationship with clients and value having the time to provide a high level of care when working one-to-one Throughout your time as a Live-in Carer our nurse managers and field care supervisors will ensure you have the knowledge and skills to provide safe, effective care.

Medication assistance

Medication administration is a key part of supporting clients.

Our in-house clinical educators offer comprehensive medication training to refresh your knowledge in safe medication handling, covering proper treatment, prescription, dispensing, and administration.

Personal care

As a Live-in Carer, you may be required to provide personal care, which can include assisting clients with toileting, bathing, and dressing.

You might also support clients with specific needs, such as colostomy, urostomy, and ileostomy care.

Mobility assistance

Many of our clients require mobility support. All of our care team members receive comprehensive induction training to refresh their skills in moving and positioning people.

As a Live-in Carer, you’ll support your clients with mobility, helping them move safely and comfortably whenever they need.

Companionship

Ensuring clients feel supported and happy is essential. Spending quality time together, whether it’s enjoying a cup of tea or watching TV, can help combat isolation if the client desires it. You’ll also assist your client in accessing the wider community and commitments such as college.

Household tasks

Our carers handle various household tasks, allowing clients to focus on enjoying their favourite activities. For clients transitioning into adulthood or recovering from a brain injury, you may also assist them in learning how to do household chores, to promote independence.

Meal preparation

Our live-in carers also support their clients with cooking.

This might include providing breakfast, lunch or dinner, or supporting our clients who are transitioning into adulthood to learn the skills for independent living.

Extensive training

As a new member of our complex care team, you’ll receive excellent training from our clinical educators, both in-person and online – and we’ll pay for those hours, too. Your initial training is a five-day induction, offering you a chance to enhance and refresh your skills and meet other live-in carers, support workers, healthcare assistants and registered nurses.

If a client’s needs require additional skills, such as tracheostomy care, airway management, or enteral feeding, we offer paid specialist training. This means you can confidently support your clients and enhance your skills, which in turn opens up more placement opportunities.

You’ll be supported after completing your training with thorough induction shifts, shadow shifts, and ongoing supervision provided by our in-house team of nurses and supervisors.

Plus, we’ll offer you the chance to enrol in Level 2 to 5 Diplomas in Health and Social Care – helping you continue to unlock new opportunities, like progressing to a Field Care Supervisor role.

Benefits of being a Live-in Carer

Live-in care is perfect for individuals who value several days off in a row. Whether it’s working two weeks on, two weeks off, or one week on, one week off, live-in care offers a flexible schedule to accommodate various preferences. If you possess ambition, skills, and commitment, we can provide the support and opportunities you need to reach your care career goals. Our benefits include:

Full training, including theory and simulated practice, followed by a tailored induction plan – all paid
Ongoing paid CPD training, such as syringe driver training, catheter care, IV therapy, and more
Opportunity for diplomas and management qualifications
Pension contributions
Employee events throughout the year, including Pride celebrations, fish and chips on the beach, and 'tea and talk' gatherings.
Employee Assistance Programme, offering up to six face-to-face counselling sessions
Christmas Saver scheme
Menopause support from an in-house Menopause Champion
Designated wellbeing team
Reimbursed Blue Light Card

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For us, it's personal

Superior Healthcare was founded in 2006 by Stewart Thorp, his father Charles, and Sarah Richards after Stewart’s brother, Alex, sustained a traumatic brain injury and required 24-hour care.

When trying to organise at-home care for Alex, Stewart saw the need for a specialist provider that could fit into family life and continue Alex’s rehabilitation.

Superior Healthcare was formed to address this need. Since then, we have been providing support to individuals living with complex care needs.

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