Care Assistant

Care By Us Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care company in the UK as a Care Assistant in Edinburgh. This role offers extensive training and support in various complex care areas. With a flexible interview process and significant benefits, including enhanced pay and annual leave, you will be making a positive impact while developing your career.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

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 eligibility – exclusive staff discounts

Paid training – online and face to face

Self-development – progression opportunities

Access to in-house app

Work for the largest care company in the UK

No experience necessary

Responsibilities

• Deliver award winning care to support clients in their homes.
• Develop skills in tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

A willingness to learn

Job description

Pay Rate:£15.50 per hour

Shifts Available: Various

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As a Advantage Healthcare Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award winning care to support our clients in their own homes to maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different!

Benefits for our Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupationalmaternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupationalpaternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits andWell-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave(pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme– earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Cardeligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Local work and paid mileage
• Paid training– online and face to face
• Self-development– progression opportunities
• Access to ourin-house app
• Work for thelargest care companyin the UK!
• No experience necessary
• Book an interview at atime and date to suit you!

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 Job: Skills & Requirement

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

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.