Care Assistant

City and County Healthcare Group Ltd; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading home care provider in the UK as a Care Professional. You'll provide essential personal care and support to help clients live safely in their homes. No prior experience is necessary, just compassion and a willing spirit to learn.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

Death in Service Payment

LifeWorks benefits and wellbeing platform

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Refer a friend scheme (£500 per successful referral)

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrate compassion and excellent communication.
• Willingness to learn new skills as part of a team.
• Resilience and commitment to delivering high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care tasks such as bathing and dressing.
• Support clients in practical tasks like shopping and meal preparation.
• Help clients manage medication and mobility issues.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Compassion

Job description

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Hourly rate:£14.20 - £16.00 per hour plus 30p mileage

Shifts Available:A range of flexible full-time and part-time shifts are available covering, mornings, evenings, weekdays, and weekends.

We operate Monday – Sunday and our shift patterns vary from around 7am- 2pm and 2pm – 10 pm

What we offer

London Care is part of City & County Healthcare Group, the largest home care provider in the UK. Join us as a care assistant and you’ll be part of a friendly, local team that will support and look after you and you’ll also have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

What you’ll get

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement.
• Death in Service Payment
• LifeWorks benefits and wellbeing platform.
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Refer a friend scheme (£500 per successful referral)
• Cycle to work scheme.

Job Description

Our Care Professionals 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.

Helping our clients overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use of, and care of aids/adaptations and personal equipment.

Assisting with domestic tasks such as making and changing beds, tidying rooms, light cleaning, laundry, and emptying commodes.

Our Care Professionals help our clients with personal care such as washing, bathing and toileting arrangements.

Help with eating and drinking by preparing meals, snacks, and drinks, assisting with feeding if required.

Assisting clients with preparing and administering medication.

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.

No previous experience is necessary, but you will need to demonstrate real compassion, be an excellent communicator and problem solver, and be committed to delivering high-quality, respectful care.

• Have a right to work within the UK
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role. (In some rural areas)