Bluebird Care, Weekend Care Assistant

Bluebird Care; Leicester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider in Leicester is looking for compassionate and dedicated Care Assistants to join their team. The role offers flexibility between full-time and part-time shifts, competitive pay, and extensive support and training. You will provide essential care to elderly and vulnerable customers in their homes while making a meaningful difference in their lives.

Benefits

Excellent rate of £12ph

30p mileage allowance

20 days holiday pro rata

Full training induction and 12-week mentor

Ongoing training and support

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Free uniform

DBS paid for (T&Cs apply)

Refer-a-friend programme

Qualifications

• Full and valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a car.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Excellent level of English.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care duties.
• Administering medication.
• Promoting customer health and well-being.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Communication

Job description

Providing Quality Care

We care for the elderly and vulnerable in the comfort of their own homes as an alternative to a care home. You will travel between customer visits, so it is essential that you have a Full Driving License and access to your own reliable car/vehicle.

Care is not just about making a cup of tea for someone, its making them a cup of tea the way they like it. It's not just completing a task, it's engaging an individual in that task where possible and promoting independence and ensuring we put our customer at the heart of everything we do.

Care is respecting someone's choices and providing them with comfort and reassurance in their own home. Our customers all have different care needs and backgrounds. We are looking for Care Assistants who are understanding, hardworking and ready to make a difference in someone's life.

We’re committed to keeping people in the comfort of their own home, so we help with anything from everyday tasks around our customers’ homes through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.

We were awarded Good by CQC/Care Inspectorate and for that reason, we pride ourselves on selecting the very best Care Assistants. If you are passionate about providing the very best care, then this role could be the role for you.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full
  
  

Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role

It’s isn’t about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.

But don’t panic, we’ll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers so it’s important that you feel equipped for the role.

You must have:

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car
• Right to work in the UK
• Excellent level of English
  
  

Because We Care About You

We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. You can choose between full-time or part-time work; all you have to do is simply tell us your availability. Although we try to be flexible where we can, we do require you to be flexible with us too

We can’t care for our customers if we don’t take care of our team so to make this possible, we offer:

• An excellent rate of £12ph
• 30p mileage allowance
• 20 days holiday pro rata
• Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
• Ongoing training and support
• Flexible working
• Pension scheme
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Free uniform
• DBS paid for (T&Cs apply)
• Refer - a - friend programme
  
  

But not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, whether it's your birthday, Christmas, awards or simply because it’s a Thursday. We’re a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow and every other day after that.