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Why work with Comfort Keepers?
We have 9 branches across the country with over 1,000 carers and yes, we have vacancies across our offices as we are continually expanding. If you are interested in more than just a job, we would love you to join our team!. Make caring your career with us.
We asked some of our staff why they enjoy working for Comfort Keepers and this is what they then told us:
#1. Good Communication
There’s excellent communication between all members of staff—from carers to their care managers, office staff to field workers, and also from the Comfort Keepers team to our clients’ families. Good communication is therefore paramount and also clearly visible across the organisation.
#2. Support for Carers
Caring is a job that means you are never alone in that you are with your clients but carers don’t see other team members on a daily basis. As carers are lone workers, Comfort Keepers feels it’s important they feel they can get support from other staff at any time. They can pick up the phone call in for support or with queries at any time. There are also various team building days held during the year to help them feel part of a team.
#3. Ethos
Comfort Keepers works to ensure that carers treat each client as if they were a member of their own family. This is an important part of the induction and training process. Staff should thus feel that they are trained to treat each client with compassion, dignity, and respect. They act as guests in each client’s home, are sensitive to their boundaries and also treat them with empathy and respect.
#4. Formal Qualification
Comfort Keepers provides training free of charge. With a little time, each carer works their way towards a formal qualification. It is worth remembering that many nursing or occupational therapy students also work as carers too. This gives them a practical understanding that will stand them in good stead in their future careers too. Many of our carers have gone on to study healthcare at a different level such as nursing or occupational therapy.
#5. Recognition
Staff feel that we recognise and appreciate their expertise, knowledge, skills, and quality of caring. Comfort Keepers holds a ‘Carer of the Year’ event annually when each office nominates carers. We then judge these and the regional winners wait to see who we crown Carer of the Year at our fabulous evening-time event.
#6. Social
In recognition of the fact carers are lone workers, we hold regular social events to help feel part of a team. Some offices have up to twenty events in the year—coffee mornings, walks, BBQs, family events. They vary throughout the year.
#7. Flexibility
Comfort Keepers staff can work part-time or full-time. Comfort Keepers is also flexible if a staff member’s circumstances change. For example, if a carer moves to a different county because of a spouse’s work situation, they can register with the other office. We can’t always promise work immediately. However, in practice, it generally happens very quickly that we assign you clients.
#8. Quality
Comfort Keepers constantly evaluates itself—its performance, its training, its quality of care, the timekeeping of staff, relationships between staff, the support we offer, and more. Therefore, we are constantly striving to improve. Comfort Keepers also prides itself on being one of Ireland’s leading healthcare providers. You can read about our exceptional quality of care and also awards and accreditations here.
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To begin starting care for your loved one, you can click here.
To join our incredible award-winning team, you can apply now by clicking here or emailing your CV to recruitment@comfortkeepers.ie
