Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Care Assistant in Borehamwood, where you'll support clients in their homes with personal care, medication, and daily activities. Enjoy flexible hours, comprehensive training, and numerous benefits including enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays. Whether you're experienced or new to care, we welcome your application to make a difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay

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 discounts

Flexible hours, part and full-time options

Paid training – online and face-to-face

Qualifications

• No previous social care experience is necessary.
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for some areas.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Assist with medication management and health monitoring.
• Provide companionship and emotional support.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Compassion

Education

Right to work in the UK

Job description

Pay Rate: £14.60 - £16.00 per hour plus 30p mileage.

Brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, some downs, and a few curveballs. At Care by Us, every day is different. Every day offers you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that changes people's lives.

We support service users in the following locations across Hertfordshire.

WORK LOCATION: Borehamwood

We welcome applications from drivers based in and around the surrounding areas

Shifts work across seven days a week,

EVENING – 2:00 pm – 10:00/11:00 pm

Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

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 mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including assisting with 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 with personal care such as washing, bathing, and toileting.

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

Assisting clients with preparing and administering medication.

Job Description

What else you'll help with:

• Companionship – engaging conversations, activities, and outings to prevent loneliness.
• Personal Care – maintaining dignity and privacy during hygiene routines.
• Medication Management – collecting prescriptions, providing reminders, and assisting with medication as per care plan.
• Nutrition and Mealtimes – preparing meals considering dietary needs, assisting with feeding when needed.
• Housekeeping – light cleaning, laundry, tidying up.
• Mobility Assistance – safe transfers, walking support, use of mobility aids.
• Health Monitoring – observing and reporting changes to healthcare professionals and family.
• Social Inclusion – encouraging participation in community activities and maintaining connections.
• Emotional Support – providing reassurance and empathy.
• Documentation – maintaining accurate care records.
• Safety and Emergency Response – ensuring safety and responding to emergencies.
• Collaboration – working with care teams, healthcare professionals, and families.

Qualifications

What you'll need (besides a cape and superpowers!)

We value your heart of gold, kindness, resilience, eagerness to learn, compassion, communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and respectfulness. No previous social care experience is necessary.

• Right to work in the UK
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle (essential for some areas)

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We celebrate achievements daily, aim to transform care with innovation, and offer career opportunities as the UK's largest care provider. Join us and continue your career journey.

As a Care Assistant, you'll receive:

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay.
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay.
• 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 discounts.
• Flexible hours, part and full-time options.
• Local work and paid mileage.
• Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays.
• Paid training – online and face-to-face.
• Progression opportunities.
• Access to our in-house app.
• Work for the largest care company in the UK!
• No experience necessary.

If you're ready for an exciting care adventure, APPLY TODAY!!

We are an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to our dedicated healthcare assistants, we achieve extraordinary results daily, transforming the care industry through innovation and commitment.