Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; Cupar; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care is seeking a compassionate Care Assistant in Cupar, dedicated to enhancing clients' lives through personal care and support. The role includes assistance with domestic tasks, medication management, and emotional support, with competitive pay and full training. Join a trusted organization with a 75-year history in home care.

Benefits

Paid training at NMW rate

Blue light card

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Referral bonuses through Care Friends app

24/7 Employee Assistance line

Support from local branch team

Qualifications

• Six months’ paid experience in care preferred but not essential.
• Driver’s licence and access to own vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support with all personal care and medication management.
• Help with domestic tasks around the house and provide emotional support.

Skills

Caring

Resilience

Commitment

Reliability

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£12.20 Per Hour Mon to Fri and £14.85 – £15.82ph at weekends , Mileage at 45p per mile

People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you’ll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 30 local offices in England and Scotland. We look after a variety of clients in their own homes and we also work with local care homes, nursing homes and the NHS.

Who will you be helping to make life better for?

Our clients are looking for somebody to help with domestic tasks around the house, support with all personal care, medication management and administration, and general emotional support.

What we offer:

• Paid training at NMW rate
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
• Holiday pay
• Refer with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money!
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
• Six months’ paid experience in care preferred but not essential as full training is available
• Caring, resilient, committed and reliable
• A driver’s licence and access to own vehicle is essential- business insurance req
• Good professional and personal references
• Must live locally and be able to commit to the rota

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for?

In line with Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

We are unable to offer sponsorship to overseas candidates

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.