Care Assistant

Tamfol; Scarborough; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Job summary

Gladstone Care Ltd, a family-owned care agency serving Scarborough, is hiring Full and Part-time Care Assistants. You will help clients live independently at home, with shifts including mornings, lunchtimes, evenings and alternate weekends. A valid own transport is essential, and applicants must have a good level of English.

Training, PPE, and a Care Certificate are provided, with weekly pay and petrol allowance. We offer flexible hours across Scarborough and surrounding areas.

Qualifications

• Good level of spoken and written English is required.
• Access to your own transport is essential.
• Sponsorship is not offered for this role.
• Full training is provided, including Care Certificate and Diploma 2–4 in Adult Care.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with morning routines, personal care and dressing.
• Support with meals, drinks and daily living activities.
• Assist with toileting, laundry, and bed linen as needed.
• Support mobility, use of aids, and monitor health-related conditions.
• Maintain a clean, respectful home environment and report changes to the care team.

Skills

English proficiency

Job description

Gladstone Care Ltd is one of the areas most popular care agencies we are an independent family owned company that has served the Scarborough and surrounding areas for over 20 years. We provide a person centred service, tailor made to the clients needs. To enable us to meet demand we are currently recruiting Full and Part time Care Assistants to enable our clients to live a full, happy and independent life at home.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO YOUR OWN TRANSPORT**

WE REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO HAVE A GOOD LEVEL OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH AND WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

The following list gives examples of the type of duties you may undertake. All of these should be done in a manner which encourages service users towards the maximum degree of independence and activity appropriate to their abilities;

• Assisting getting up in the morning including washing/bathing and dressing and maintaining personal appearance
• Assisting with undressing and getting to bed in the evening
• Assisting with preparation of meals, drinks and snacks when necessary
• Provide assistance with toileting and changing clothes and/or bedding where necessary
• To maintain commodes and wash clothes and bed linen when necessary
• Provide assistance with other tasks of personal daily living that the service user cannot manage and provide general support as part of a caring team
• Assist and encourage the management of medication or administer where necessary and appropriate, and monitoring health related conditions such as dietary & fluid intake.
• To help service users with mobility difficulties, or other physical disabilities, including incontinence. To help in the use of aids and other personal equipment.

Home care assistants are required to work a variety of shifts through the week compromising of mornings, lunches, teas and evenings and ALTERNATE WEEKENDS in the Scarborough area. We are a very flexible employer and try to accommodate hours where we can. Various hours available, varied clients, experience is a bonus but not essential as full training and support is provided including the Care Certificate and the Diploma 2,3 &4 in Adult Care, uniform and PPE is provided, competitive WEEKLY pay and petrol allowance, your own transport is ESSENTIAL Please contact us to enquire or to arrange an interview.

• Company pension

Physical Setting:

• Do you have any Health and Social Care experience?