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Snow and ice warnings won’t stop care being delivered
| Published: 31st December 2020 14:20 |
CARERS working for an award-winning care provider will ensure all service users are reached despite warnings of snow and ice in the area (December 2020).
Warnings of snow and ice are currently in place and will remain during New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and beyond according to the MET office.
Tracey Webster, Registered Manager at Abacare, which provides care to the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes across Wrexham, said: “We are always ready and prepared, whatever the weather, to ensure our service users are cared for as normal. They can rest assured we won’t let them down.
“Our carers have been briefed to make sure all service users are warm enough, have eaten well and have had plenty to drink and before they leave, they will check that the service user has easy access to blankets, hot drinks and hot water bottles. This is particularly essential during the current tier four restrictions Wales is faced with as many can’t get out and about as normal.
“Whatever the weather we will reach our service users. We become like an emergency service during bad weather situations, ensuring we don’t leave people without the vital care they need. We are committed to offering high quality care to individuals in their own homes and will continue to do this despite bad weather.
“We take our carers’ health and safety into serious consideration and ensure they can all travel safely to each of their service users. They also have a vast support network behind them should they need it. In the past we have received help from kind individuals in the local community, giving our carers lifts to their calls and we have even had one of our carers travel via tractor in bad weather in order to reach a service user!”
Abacare operates a professional Care Management Team that is committed to providing high quality care to individuals in their own homes.
The large team of trained, specialist, care workers provide positive based outcomes and person-centred care to people throughout the UK.
Its core values, instilled into every staff member, include ‘make us proud’, ‘focus on our service users’ wellbeing’, ‘communicate, listen well and speak with respect’, ‘be passionate, honest, caring and considerate’, ‘recruit and develop the very best’ and ‘lead by example’.
It believes it offers inspiring work for inspirational people.
Tracey added: “We are continuously looking for new caring, honest and reliable members of staff to join our team. We offer fantastic training and the opportunity for internal advancement. Anyone who joins us is not only getting a new job, they are creating a career path with the different qualifications they can achieve, including QCF level two, three and five, and a vocation for themselves thanks to the very rewarding work they will be carrying out.
“No experience is necessary to become a carer as we offer free, full training, which includes a company induction, first aid, information on dementia, health and safety, food safety, infection control, handling medication and moving and handling service users, with the opportunity to achieve Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) after the initial six months probationary period.
“We give free uniforms and a national staff discount scheme for all major brands with exclusive discounts online and in-store from retailers including Tesco, Primark and Argos, and it also covers holidays and electrical goods. We have jobs available in Wales now with immediate start, no experience necessary, just a willingness to care and to learn.
“We are looking for new recruits to help make a difference within communities across Wales by caring for individuals seeking extra support. Carers who join our team will help to provide domiciliary and live-in care as well as dementia care.”
Anyone interested should call 01352 870671. People can also find out more information about job vacancies at www.indeed.com/cmp/Abacare.
Abacare is a member of the United Kingdom Homecare Association, Ceretas (formerly British Association of Domiciliary Care), The National Homecare Council and The Information Commissioners Office (Data Protection). It is also registered with the Care Social Services Inspectorate Wales.
For more information or to enquire about a position at Abacare, please visit www.abacare.org.uk or www.indeed.com/cmp/Abacare. Alternatively, please follow the company on Facebook at http://bit.ly/2PiYR7v or on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/visitabacare.
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