Care Assistant

Cera Care; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 16,531 - 19,286; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS

Company mobile phone

Uniform provided

Mileage allowance

Job summary

Cera Care is hiring carer roles in Gateshead, Newcastle. The role involves visiting clients in their own homes to provide personal care, support with meals and medications, and travel between visits. A driving licence and vehicle access are preferred to cover the Gateshead area.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Several shifts are available, with guaranteed hours and competitive compensation at GBP 13.27 per hour, including travel time allowances.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care preferred.
• Ability to travel between client visits.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care, meals and medication where appropriate.
• Visit clients in their own homes across Gateshead, Dunston, Whickham, Crawcrook and surrounding areas.
• Support clients to live independently in their own homes.

Skills

Compassionate care

Reliable

Excellent communication

Driving licence

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 13.27 - GBP 13.27 - hourly

Job Description

Do Work That Matters. Join Cera as a carer in Gateshead, Newcastle.

Join our mission to transform social care and enable more people to live longer, healthier, and healthier lives in their own homes. Whether you already have experience as a care assistant, have cared for a loved one, or simply enjoy supporting others, your compassion is exactly what we need. We provide all the training you need to excel as a professional carer.

Why Join Our Community?

• Stability & Balance: Guaranteed hours are available: We have 7am-3pm and 3-11pm shifts - you'll usually have every other weekend off for work-life balance.
• Paid mileage between visits
• Financial Rewards: Enhanced bank holiday rates, holiday pay, and pension scheme.
• Professional Kit: Free DBS, company mobile phone, and uniform provided.
• Career Development: Industry-leading career pathways, including QCFs, with various growth routes available.
• BHN Extras: Access to our premium benefits platform for thousands of discounts on high street shopping and travel.
• Blue Light Card: Eligibility for the national discount scheme for frontline workers.
• Travel Savings: Exclusive discounts on fuel, car insurance, and vehicle maintenance.
• Family First: Enhanced maternity (12 weeks full pay), paternity, and parental leave policies.
• Complete Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, and eye care scheme.
• Menopause Accredited Employer: We provide a host of support services for those affected by Menopause and Peri-Menopause. Currently, the only accredited care provider in the UK.
• Referral Bonus: Earn £400 per referral through our Care Friends scheme.

The Role: Supporting clients in Gateshead, Dunston, Whickham, Crawcrook and surrounding areas, this is a community-based role, where you will assist with personal care, medication, and meals, visiting people in their own homes and travelling between client visits. For this role, a driving licence and access to a vehicle is preferred.

The advertised rate is an average hourly rate that includes both your base pay and compensation for travel time. Your overall pay will vary depending on the specific hours worked and travel time undertaken.

Your role is powered by Cera Tech - our predictive technology that reduces admin and helps prevent hospitalisations, so you can focus on caring.

With flexible shifts available across mornings, days, evenings and nights, plus every other weekend off, we aim to support a positive work life balance.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.