Care Assistant

Guardian Homecare Limited; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Care Assistant with Guardian Homecare, you'll support clients to live improved lives in their own homes. Your role involves assisting with personal care, practical tasks, and following care plans, making a meaningful difference every day. Join a team where compassion is valued and enhance your career in care.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Paid training and shadowing

Uniform and PPE provided

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Cycle to work scheme

Eligible for Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Ability to care and show compassion.
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Part of a close-knit team.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care tasks such as bathing and dressing.
• Help with practical tasks like shopping and housework.
• Follow individual care plans to support clients.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Job description

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Location: Goosnargh and surrounding areas

Pay Rate: £12 - £12.50 per hour plus 25p mileage (dependent on service and location)

Shifts available: Range of shifts available

Access to vehicle required due to the geographical nature of the 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 Guardian Homecare, part 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 supporting 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 too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.