Care Assistant

Carefound Home Care; Cheadle Hulme; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable home care provider in Cheadle is seeking kind-hearted individuals to join as Professional Care Assistants. This role requires a full UK driving licence and your own car but no prior experience is necessary as training will be provided. The position offers guaranteed pay, flexible hours, and numerous benefits including paid travel time, paid mileage, and support for career progression. You will play a crucial role in enhancing clients' quality of life through companionship and personal support.

Benefits

Paid travel time

Career progression support

Paid mileage

Flexible hours

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• Essential: Full UK driving licence and own car.
• Warm and compassionate with a positive attitude.
• Committed to high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to live well in their own homes.
• Provide companionship and personal care.
• Assist with housekeeping and errands.
• Use a smartphone to coordinate care.

Skills

Compassionate

Building relationships

Personal care support

Mobility assistance

Housekeeping

Job description

Overview

At Carefound Home Care, we're rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we offer the best career in social care. We’re looking for kind-hearted people to join us as a Professional Care Assistant in Cheadle and surrounding areas. To join us as a Community Care Assistant, you don't need prior experience as we'll train you with all the skills you need. You just need a full UK driving licence and your own car and to be keen to make a genuine difference to our clients' lives. If you're looking for a career that can be flexible around your lifestyle, has guaranteed pay and involves changing peoples' lives, then look no further than working as a Professional Care Worker with Carefound Home Care. You’ll get the best employment package including paid travel time, career progression and support.

Salary: £14.25 to £15.75 per hour (including paid travel time), paid mileage at 45p per mile and double time on bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• As a Care Assistant, build a relationship and routine with your clients to support them to live with well-being in their own homes.
• Provide companionship and support with personal care, mobility, staying active, and medication or specialist needs as required.
• Help around the home with housekeeping and cooking, run errands such as shopping or picking up prescriptions.
• Use a smartphone to access our app and coordinate care with the support of a care manager.

Benefits

• Work in Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Cheadle, Knutsford, Macclesfield and surrounding areas
• Flexible or guaranteed hours contract to suit your lifestyle
• Above industry average pay
• Double time on bank holidays and other designated holiday days
• Paid travel time at your standard hourly rate
• Paid mileage at 45p per mile
• Pay enhancements for qualifications and long-term commitment
• Instant access to pay
• Earn up to £500 for referring a friend
• Paid holidays and our pension scheme
• Full in-house induction training with over £350 pay on completion
• Support to complete further training including diploma qualifications
• Career progression along our career path
• 24/7 local support from a care manager and wider team
• Free employee assistance programme
• Funded DBS check

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and own car (essential)
• Warm, patient, and compassionate with a positive can-do attitude
• Commitment to delivering high-quality care

If you'd like to find out more about becoming a Care Assistant in Cheadle, apply today. We can't wait to hear from you.