Care Assistant

Cera Care; Manchester; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed hours

Enhanced bank holiday rate

Holiday pay and pension

Free DBS/PVG

Company mobile phone

Uniform provided

BHExtras access

Blue Light Card discounts

Enhanced parental leave

Career progression

Wellbeing support

Referral scheme

Job summary

Cera Care is hiring Care Assistants in Manchester to support clients at home and help them live longer, healthier lives. We offer both part-time and full-time positions with flexible shifts (mornings, days, evenings, nights) and every other weekend off for work-life balance.

Drivers with a licence and access to a vehicle are preferred. Benefits include guaranteed hours subject to probation, enhanced rates, holiday pay, pension, DBS/PVG free, company mobile, and uniform.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care including continence support, washing and dressing, and helping with medications.
• Help with cooking or preparing hot meals and light domestic tasks.
• Provide companionship, reassurance, and joy to clients in their homes.

Skills

Compassionate

Communication skills

Driving licence

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 13.45 - GBP 13.7 - hourly

Job Description

Join Cera as a Care Assistant in Manchester. You'll be supporting us on our mission to transform social care and enable more people to live longer, healthier and happier lives in their own homes.

Are you kind? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Then we can offer you the perfect role as a Carer, where you will genuinely make a difference, every day! No experience is required.

We're recruiting part-time and full-time care assistants to support our clients at home. We have work available in Manchester and surrounding areas.

For this role you require a driving licence and access to a vehicle for work. We have a flexible approach for shifts including mornings, days, evenings and nights - you'll usually have every other weekend off for work-life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Guaranteed hours are available, subject to candidate availability once passed probation
• Enhanced bank holiday rate
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Free DBS/PVG, company mobile phone and uniform provided
• Access to our benefits & discounts platform BHN Extras, alongside being eligible for the Blue Light Card Scheme - offering you thousands of discounts on high street shopping, your weekly food shop, eating out and family activities.
• Enhanced maternity (12 weeks full pay), paternity and parental leave policies
• An industry-leading career development pathway, including the Care Certificate and NVQ's, there is plenty of opportunity for progression - 50% of our salaried roles are filled internally.
• Wellbeing support - including employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, healthcare cash plan and free eye tests & contribution to the cost of glasses.
• Extra earnings through our referral scheme Care Friends - £400 per referral

Join Our Caring Community

Whether you already have previous professional experience, you've cared for a loved one or you simply enjoy supporting others, your compassion, patience, and understanding are exactly what we need. It's your values and kindness that matter most and we will provide all the training you need.

Your responsibilities may include assisting with personal care including continence support, washing and dressing, managing medications, cooking or preparing hot meals, and helping with domestic tasks. But your true impact lies in the companionship, reassurance, and joy you bring to the lives of those you care for.

Cera makes caring easier with Cera Tech

We've brought homecare into the 21st century, by developing technology that streamlines administrative tasks, enhances outcomes, and allows you to focus on the most important part of your role – caring for our clients. Our predictive technology and risk alerts empower our care teams to make informed decisions and act quickly, resulting in fewer hospitalisations and reduced fall risks for those we care for. You really can care better as a member of our team.

Please note this role is subject to a DBS check and you must have the right to work in the UK. We are an equal-opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.