Casual Care Giver

Looking for a passionate, creative, and skillful **Caregiver** to join a one-of-a-kind nursing facility based in **Somerset West** for geriatric residents diagnosed with dementia.

**Responsibilities but not limited to**:

- Provide general daily care for residents (Personal hygiene, oral hygiene, hair is clean, washing (bath/shower) regularly, wearing clean clothes, shaving beard, groom nose and ear hair, assist with toilet and/or incontinence wear)
- Monitoring residents as instructed on care plan
- Assisting the residents during mealtimes
- Always ensuring the safety of the residents
- Creating and maintaining a clean, tidy environment for residents
- Record keeping and administration
- Assisting residents in activities of daily living to promote their well-being
- Ensuring that infection control is maintained on the floor
- Self-motivation, training, and self-development

**Essential**:

- Secondary Qualification: Grade 11
- Care Provider Certificate
- Language Professional Proficiency (read, write & speak): English
- At least 6 months experience in caring for the elderly
- Understand and adhere to the importance of resident hygiene, personal hygiene and health and safety requirements
- Clean criminal record

**Desired**:

- Course in dementia care
- Matriculation qualification
- Third language an advantage

**Characteristics**:

- Empathy to the elderly
- Patience & maturity
- Reliable, responsible, and trustworthy
- Positive influence on those around you
- Assertive, yet compassionate
- Handle people with respect and dignity
- Adaptable and a positive attitude to change