Care Assistant

Quality Care Services Limited; Downpatrick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care service as a Care Assistant in Downpatrick to make a meaningful impact on clients' lives. Flexible hours are available, and you will be provided with paid training and a supportive team environment. With no prior experience required, we prioritize compassion and resilience in our team members.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced paternity pay entitlement

Paid training and shadowing

Uniform and PPE provided

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and Well-being Platform

28 days annual leave pro rata

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts

Qualifications

• No previous social care experience required.
• Important qualities are compassion and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care tasks like bathing and dressing.
• Assist clients in their homes by following individual care plans.
• Help with practical tasks like shopping and housework.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Ability to learn new skills

Job description

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Location: Downpatrick and surrounding areas

Pay Rate: £12.00 per hour plus 25p mileage

Shifts available: Range of shifts available - Flexible hours that work for you

WELCOME BONUS of £150 on completion of 100 hours!

What we offer

We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, downs, and curveballs. With a career as a Care Assistant at QCS of City & County, every day will be different. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our clients’ lives and your career.

What you’ll get

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Paid training and shadowing
• Uniform and PPE provided
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and Well-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligible for Blue Light Card, with access to more than 15,000 discounts nationwide

Job Description

What you’ll do

Our care assistants 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 support them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes, and housework.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role. We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care. You’ll need to be resilient and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.