Care Assistant

Care By Us Ltd; Aberdare; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity pay

Enhanced paternity pay

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and wellbeing platform

28 days annual leave pro rata

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Abacare is hiring care assistants to support clients in their own homes across Aberdare and surrounding areas. You don’t need social care experience to apply; compassion and a willingness to learn are what matter most. You’ll work as part of a close-knit team delivering personalised care plans.

Join us to make a real difference in clients’ lives while enjoying paid travel time, paid mileage, and opportunities for career progression in a growing UK care company.

Qualifications

• You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role.
• We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care.
• You’ll need to be resilient and willing to learn new skills as part of a close-knit team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care including bathing, dressing and incontinence.
• Support clients with toileting and medication administration as per care plans.
• Help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.

Skills

Compassion

Ability to care

Resilience

Job description

Location:Abercwmboi, Cwmbach, Aberaman, Cwmaman, Aberdare, Abernant, Cwmdare, Gadlys, Penywaun, Hirwaun, Rhigos, Penderyn, Llwydcoed and Trecynon.

Pay Rate:£13.45 weekdays and £13.55 weekends

Travel time and mileage paid

What we offer

We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, downs, and curveballs. With a career as a Care Assistant at Abacare, every day will be different to the next. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our client’s lives and your career.

What you’ll get

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and wellbeing platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligible for Blue Light Card, with access to more than 15,000 discounts nationwide.

Job Description

What you’ll do

Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role. We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care. You’ll need to be resilient too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.

Additional Information

What you’ll get

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.

City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.