Homecare Alliance Care Worker Application Form

We are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the community it serves at all levels of the organisation. We therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.

Please note that this role is classed as regulated activity and requires an enhanced plus Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Individuals on the Children's or Adults' Barred List should not apply.

Homecare Alliance is not able to provide UK visa sponsorship at this time. Individuals who do not already have the right to work in the UK should not apply for this role.

Work Location: Various within London (usually clients' homes)

Reports To: Care Coordinator

Essential Dutues and Responsibilities:

Deliver personalised day-to-day support, adhering fully to the client's care plan and working closely with the HCA Care Coordinator
Person-centred care: Commit to always deliver person-centred care
Respect: Total respect for client confidentiality and their right to person-centred care
Professional compliance: Always adhere to HCA policies and procedures, to ensure that care is delivered in compliance with all relevant laws and to ensure the well-being and safety of staff and clients
Personal Care: Assist with personal care, including skin care, bathing, shaving, oral care, toiletting (including management of bladder and bowels), dressing, hair care
Mobility: Enable mobility, including moving and handling transfers, pushing wheelchairs, and the checking of specialist equipment (e.g. wheelchair, hoist) as directed
Dietetics: Assist with menu planning, and the preparing, serving, and storing of foods
Daily living: Assist client in fulfillinf daily activities in the areas of work, leisure, education
Medication: Assist with giving medications, as prescribed by the client's medical team and as detailed in the client's care plan
Appointments: Dealing with medical appointments and correspondence as requested
Light domestic tasks: Day-to-day household tasks as deailed in client's care plan (e.g. changing beds, laundry, ironing, shopping and light dusting)
Recording: Record all activities carried out, as well as client’s mood and/or refusals/non-compliance and any visits from professionals, in the logbook at client’s home, as per HCA policies and procedures. Record all hours worked on the timesheet supplied by HCA, to be delivered to HCA weekly
Reporting: Keep in close communication with HCA regarding client care. Keep HCA updated with any concerns with or changes to the client’s condition or state, or any matters arising in your own life that may affect your work (e.g. time off for appointments). Report any safeguarding issues to HCA promptly.
Training: Commit to completing ongoing training. Actively assess areas of personal growth and set personal improvement goals with a Care Coordinator. Take initiative to seek learning opportunities to meet these goals.

Supporting Statement

Please tell us why you are applying for the role of care worker, and why you are suited to the role. Show how you meet the requirements of the job description by providing details of experience, skills and knowledge you have gained in employment, voluntary work or elsewhere.

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 provides that people in employment which is concerned with the provision of care, or who carry out their duties wholly or partly on the premises where such provision takes place, are obliged to disclose any convictions which would otherwise be spent.

Making a false statement or concealing information regarding this declaration will lead to the rejection of this application or, if already employed by Homecare Alliance, your dismissal.

Any details provided will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not automatically exclude anyone from being considered for any vacancy.

You will be given an opportunity to discuss any concerns raised by any disclosure you make before any final decision is made on your suitability for the role. 

Additional Guidance: The term 'convictions' is used to refer to any sentence or disposal issued by a court. The term 'cautions' includes reprimands and final warnings. You do not need to disclose anything that would be currently filtered from the Police National Computer by the Disclosure & Barring Service. If you're not sure if your convictions or cautions are filtered, you can find out more from hub.unlock.org.uk/filtering.

The Data Protection Act (2018) requires that any staff handling personal data must follow certain principles in relation to the data they hold. Individuals have rights of access to data that is held and rights to claim for damages if offences occur. This covers manual as well as computerised records.

Homecare Alliance follows a simple and straightforward policy in implementing the Data Protection Act (2018). If you are unsuccessful in this application, we will keep this form on file for 6 months should you wish to be reconsidered for vacancies at Homecare Alliance.

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information I have provided on this form is true and complete. I accept that providing deliberately false information could result in my application being rejected by Homecare Alliance or, if already employed by Homecare Alliance, in my dismissal.

I have completed (or agree to complete) an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. I state that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there will not be any positive disclosure made that will preclude me from working with vulnerable adults or children.

I give permission for a copy of the disclosure to which I am subject being made available to a named authorised person upon written request, who acts on behalf of a National or Local Government Department for auditing purposes.

Thank you for completing Homecare Alliance's Care Worker Application Form!

Upon submitting this application, you will be redirected to the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

Homecare Alliance kindly requests that you complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to follow. Please note that this form is not compulsory.

Diversity data gathered from this form will be anonymised, treated as confidential and stored securely. Homecare Alliance will use this data to meet its statutory duties under the Equality Act 2010. This information will also inform Homecare Alliance's equality and diversity policy and strategy.

The contents of this Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form will be kept separate from your Care Worker Application Form and will not factor into the selection process for this role.