Care Assistant

ISS Healthcare; Bethesda; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bethesda is seeking Care Assistants to support clients in their homes. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care and practical tasks. No prior experience is needed but compassion, resilience, and a willingness to learn are essential. The job offers competitive pay and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced paternity pay

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and wellbeing platform

28 days annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Blue Light Card benefits

Qualifications

• No prior social care experience is needed; focus on compassion and the ability to care.
• Must be resilient and willing to learn new skills.
• Ability to follow individual care plans.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to live safer lives in their own homes.
• Assist with personal care including bathing, dressing, and medication.
• Help with practical tasks like shopping and housework.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

£150 joining fee (payable in vouchers after 100 hours worked)

Pay Rate: £12.75 per hour

Travel time: £11.44 per hour plus 45p mileage

Shifts available:Part-time and full-time hours available

A driving licence and access to your own transport is required for this role, due to the location.

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

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

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.

Abacareis an Equal Opportunities Employer and part of the CCH Group.