Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing; Scotland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in home care is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to join their dedicated team. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of clients while enjoying flexible working hours, including full-time, part-time, and bank positions. With a focus on community-based care, you will receive comprehensive training and support from a knowledgeable team. Enjoy competitive pay, a pension scheme, and various benefits, including enhanced maternity/paternity schemes and continued professional development opportunities. If you're passionate about providing care and support, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Refer a Friend scheme

Employee Assistance Line

Qualifications

• Female drivers with access to their own transport are required.
• Previous experience preferred but not essential; full training provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, community-based specialist home care and support.
• Work with clients directly, ensuring their needs are met safely and fairly.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Full UK driver’s licence

Job description

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Care Assistant

Fife and Kirkcaldy/Burntisland/Dunfermline areas

Working 4/3 rota, either full time, part time or bank available.

£12.20 Mon to Fri and £14.85 or £15.82 at weekends plus 45ppm travel between clients (Pay increase due in April).

About Prestige Nursing & Care Fife

Our Fife branch are all long serving and have a vast knowledge of the area and our client base. Our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make a difference in their lives.

Details

We currently have Full-Time, Part-Time, and Bank staff vacancies available.

• Bank positions are open across all areas of Fife.
• Full-Time and Part-Time roles are available in Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, and Dunfermline, working on a 4/3 rota.
• Part-Time roles are also available in Levenmouth, Glenrothes, and Cupar.

Applicants must be female drivers with access to their own transport. While previous experience is preferred, it’s not essential – full training will be provided.

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
• We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
• Work with our own clients, no agency work.
• Pension scheme.
• Blue Light Card.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes.
• Continued professional development to support you & your career.
• Holiday pay.
• Refer a Friend scheme.
• Employee Assistance Line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our colleagues.
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.

We’re looking for:

• Excellent communication skills.
• A full UK driver’s licence.
• Good professional and personal references.

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply today.

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.