You’ll support people with all aspects of their day-to-day living, including social and physical activities, personal care, mobility, and mealtimes.
Care workers can work in a care home, in people’s own homes, or in the community. Care workers who work in the community are sometimes called domiciliary carers which often involves traveling to different people’s houses.
Other similar roles might include a support worker, shared lives carer, and personal assistant.
- Support workers might provide additional help such as advice about housing, learning life skills such as cooking or budgeting, and providing emotional support and befriending.
- Shared lives carers Stay with individuals in their own homes and care for them there. This could be on a long or short-term basis – you might offer weekend respite care or provide support during the day or night.
You could work with lots of different people including adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, substance misuse issues mental health conditions, and older people.
Your role might include:
- Supporting people with social and physical activities
- Booking and going with people to appointments
- Helping with personal care such as support with showering and dressing
- Supporting people with eating and drinking
- Monitoring individuals’ conditions by taking their temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight, and possibly helping with medication.
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