About Nannies 4 Grannies

We are a Harpenden based local independent organisation with 11 years experience providing companionship and home support to our elderly residents in Harpenden, St Albans and the surrounding villages. Our passion is to enable elderly people to live safely and healthily in the comfort of their own home for as long as they can. We have a team of circa 28 'Nannies' all with different personalities and skills but with one common thread - to truly want to make a difference to the lives of the elderly residents within their community.

Would you like to make a difference to an older person's life?

Do you have natural and enate kindness, empathy and warmth coupled with patience, resilience and the ability to easily communicate? If the answer is yes to all of these, then joining the team at Nannies 4 Grannies could be for you. You do not need experience just an abundance of these characteristics.

About the Role

To assist our clients within the home, trips out and to become a trusted companion

Our focus is on:

• Practical Support: assisting with laundry, light housework, tidying, shopping, preparing meals, paperwork
• Emotional support: trips out, having a coffee and a chat to ease the loneliness felt by many elderly residents.

We do not provide personal care therefore you will not be required to support with dressing/undressing, showering, toileting.

What do we look for?

• We expect an excellent command of the English language for conversations to be relatable and flow with ease
• Be able to prepare and cook meals
• A genuine interest in the lives of our clients and their hobbies, a love for small talk, the news and current affairs
• A good sense of humour, many of our clients want to have fun and enjoy a laugh!
• Having an understanding and interest in the local area
• Hobbies such as art, cooking, jigsaws, knitting, sewing for example
• Sensitivity and compassion
• Initiative and the ability to work alone
• To live within the area of Harpenden and St Albans ideally

You must possess a full UK driving licence and have your own transport, you will be required to have Class One business insurance. You must live within a 20 minute drive of Harpenden and St Albans

You must be willing to work 1:4 weekends

The Role

No two clients are the same, with differing practical and emotional needs, you may be cooking in one visit, undertaking some light housework the next, then off out for a trip the shops! Therefore, you will need be versatile, flexible and fit enough to undertake tasks such as the following:-

• Cooking
• Light housework
• Bed changing
• Emptying bins/recycling
• Wash up
• Laundry
• Ironing
• Confident in driving clients to appointments and trips out
• Walking

NOTE:- Please note this is a zero hours contract of employment