Health Care Assistant

Dovida Caregivers provide a variety of non-medical home care services which support, empower and uplift people, and help
them to remain living at home. As a Dovida caregiver, you’ll provide essential support to ageing adults and people living with
disability in their own homes. These services are person-centred, tailored to clients’ requirements, and delivered on flexible
schedules.
These services generally fall under three categories:

• Companionship
• Home Help
• Personal Care

Companionship

Companionship services are those that stimulate, encourage and assist an individual with their social needs.
Companionship services generally include:

• Providing companionship and conversation.
• Providing stabilisation and assistance with walking.
• Preparing meals and cleaning up after meals.
• Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders.

Home Help
Home Help services generally involve light housekeeping, errands or incidental transportation, including:

• Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms,

kitchens etc).

• Washing and ironing laundry.
• Running errands.
• Accompanying clients to appointments.

Personal Care
Personal Care services often include assistance with activities of daily living, such as:

• Assisting with bathing and showering.
• Assisting with dressing and grooming.
• Assisting with personal hygiene, toileting and incontinence care.

Additional Caregiver Responsibilities
These include the following:

• Act as a key member of our clients’ Circle of Care.
• Document daily activities and report any significant changes or concerns in 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

procedures.

• 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.