Care Assistant

Care By Us Limited; Potters Bar; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Care By Us, a part of City & County, is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to make a real difference in clients' lives. With no prior experience needed, this role offers the chance to provide essential support in a rewarding career. Enjoy benefits such as enhanced leave, maternity, and paternity pay while impacting your clients' lives positively.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and wellbeing platform

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• No prior social care experience needed.
• Demonstrate compassion and excellent communication skills.
• Commitment to high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care like bathing and dressing.
• Support in daily tasks such as shopping and meal preparation.
• Help clients manage their medication and mobility needs.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

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• Potters Bar, Cranbourne, Sunny Bank, South Mimms Oakmer

Shifts Available:Various shifts are available

Access to vehicle required due to geographical nature of role.

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 Care By Us, part of City & County, every day will be different to the next. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our client’s lives and your career.

What you’ll get

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and wellbeing platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

Job Description

What you’ll do

Our Care Professionals 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 supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes, and housework.

Helping our clients overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use of, and care of aids/adaptations and personal equipment.

Assisting with domestic tasks such as making and changing beds, tidying rooms, light cleaning, laundry, and emptying commodes.

Our Care Professionals help our clients with personal care such as washing, bathing and toileting arrangements.

Help with eating and drinking by preparing meals, snacks, and drinks, assisting with feeding if required.

Assisting clients with preparing and administering medication.

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 too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.

No previous experience is necessary, but you will need to demonstrate real compassion, be an excellent communicator and problem solver, and be committed to delivering high-quality, respectful care.

• Have a right to work within the UK
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role. (In some rural areas)