Care Assistant

APEX; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS

Company phone

Uniform provided

Pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Travel discounts

Family leave

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Cera is hiring a carer to support clients in Portsmouth and surrounding areas. You will assist with personal care, medication, and meals, visiting people in their own homes and travelling between visits.

We offer training, a driving licence and access to a vehicle, mileage and travel time included in the hourly rate, flexible shifts across mornings, days, evenings and nights, and a range of benefits such as DBS, pension, and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Experience as a care assistant or caring for a loved one is desirable.
• Right to work in the UK is required.
• Driving licence preferred for this role.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care, medication and meals in their own homes.
• Visit clients’ homes and travel between client visits in Portsmouth and surrounding areas.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Tools

Driving licence

Own vehicle

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 14 - GBP 14.25 - hourly

Job Description

Do Work That Matters. Join Cera as a carer in Portsmouth.

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: Shifts available include mornings, days, evenings and nights - you'll usually have every other weekend off for work-life balance.

• Guaranteed hours available for those with flexible availability
• 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 Portsmouthand 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.

The stated rate of pay is for Care Assistants with a driving licence and own vehicle and includes mileage and travel time in the hourly rate. Those on walking rota's will receive an adjusted pay rate. For this role, a driving licence and access to a vehicle for work is preferred.

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.