Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Berwick-upon-Tweed; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading home care provider as a Care Assistant in Berwick upon Tweed. You will provide essential support to clients in their homes, focusing on companionship, personal care, and daily activities. With a wide range of benefits including flexible hours, paid training, and no prior experience needed, this role offers a rewarding career in a fulfilling environment.

Benefits

Welcome Bonus £100

MOT Voucher

Guaranteed Hours

Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

Enhanced paternity pay

Death in Service Payment

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a friend scheme – earn £300

Blue Light Card eligibility

Flexible hours (part and full-time)

Paid training

Self-development opportunities

Access to in-house app

Qualifications

• Strong communication & interpersonal skills.
• Patience, compassion & a positive attitude.
• Responsible, dedicated & flexible approach.

Responsibilities

• Companionship and preventing loneliness.
• Assisting with personal care and hygiene.
• Medication reminders and administering.
• Preparing meals and housekeeping.
• Helping with mobility.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Compassion

Patience

Positive attitude

Job description

*Welcome Bonus £100 - MOT Voucher - Guaranteed Hours*

Develop & grow with us as a Care Assistant with Careline Homecare (a part of CCH Group).

Make a difference to the lives of local people living in Berwick upon Tweed and surrounding areas.

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As a Careline Homecare, Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award winning care to support our clients in their own homes to maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different!

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and Well-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Flexible hours, part and full time available
• Local work and paid mileage
• Paid training – online and face to face
• Self-development – progression opportunities
• Access to our in-house app
• Work for the largest care company in the UK!
• No experience necessary
• Book an interview at a time and date to suit you!

Job Description

The kind of things you may help with?

• Companionship– being a friendly face & preventing loneliness.
• Personal Care– all aspects of personal hygiene and personal care.
• Medication– collecting prescriptions & providing reminders as well as administering medication.
• Mealtimes– preparing tasty meals.
• Housekeeping– keeping their home just the way they like it.
• Mobility– help with getting around.

Qualifications

What you’ll need?

• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Patience, compassion & a positive attitude at all times
• A responsible, dedicated & flexible approach to your work

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country, and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.