Funding Changes Care Worker Venues
With the government qualifiers for domiciliary care being what they are, more and more people who opt for home care as opposed to a group care facility are being forced to pay for the care themselves. When the money is coming right out of their pocket, people tend to want a higher value or quality of service then they would expect to get if the services were provided for them.
With this expectation comes the reality that they might have to pay a premium for these services. This means that the long term private contract care worker positions might come with a higher paycheck than other jobs in this field. Bear in mind that the higher pay will probably come with increased scrutiny of the services you are expected to provide in so far as length of hours, availability of time off, and the evasiveness of the tasks associated with medical home care.
Short contract domiciliary care assignments on the other hand might provide freedoms that you would trade off for increased pay rates. Many short term care clients are recuperating from illness or hospital procedure recovery and only need the care worker for a brief time.
If you like working on and off, fitting in training or travel in between work assignments then this type of job may be perfect for you. Social care clients also fit into this category. Many simply need life assistance until they are able to perform routine physical tasks again and can provide flexible hour scheduling or weekends off that other clients can’t afford to permit.