Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Chichester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Chichester seeks a Care Assistant to support clients with complex needs. This permanent, full-time role offers comprehensive training and a variety of benefits, including enhanced maternity/paternity pay and progression opportunities. Join us to make a meaningful difference in clients' lives while developing your skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Death in Service Payment

Pension scheme

Paid training

28 days annual leave

Local work and paid mileage

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but not required.
• Compassionate and resilient nature is essential.
• Willingness to learn new skills and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for clients with complex needs in their homes.
• Administer support related to tracheotomy, ventilation, and more.
• Make clients' days brighter through compassionate care.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

Overview

Advantage Healthcare – Care Assistant

Location: Chichester

Pay Rate: £15.00 per hour

Contract: Permanent • Hours: Full-time

Shifts Available: 1 night per week (10pm - 8am)

Job Description

Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and improve skills in various complex areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care plus so much more. We care for and support people of all ages, in the community, and their homes, with spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries and many other complex needs. Every day will be different. And you'll never know what challenges you're about to face next. One thing you can be sure of though, is that you'll be making your clients' days brighter, whilst developing your skills and knowledge.

Qualifications

Care Assistant – Skills & Requirements

Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn
• No experience required

Benefits for our Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Pension scheme
• 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
• Local work and paid mileage
• Paid training
• Self-development - progression opportunities
• Access to our in-house app
• Work for the largest care company in the UK!
• Book an interview at a time and date that suits you!

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.

Keywords: Carer, Care Assistant, Care Professional, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers