Care Assistant

Twlife; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care company in the UK seeks dedicated Care Assistants in Sevenoaks and surrounding areas. This rewarding role involves delivering compassionate care to clients in their homes. No experience necessary; various shifts and flexible hours available, with extensive benefits including paid training and opportunities for progression.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and Well-being Platform

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral!

Blue Light Card eligibility

Flexible hours

Paid training – online and face to face

Qualifications

• Experience in a care assistant role is useful.
• Must possess compassion and resilience.
• A willingness to learn is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care tasks like bathing and dressing.
• Assist with medication management and practical tasks like shopping.
• Provide companionship to prevent loneliness.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

Location: Sevenoaksand surrounding areas

Pay Rate:£12.77 per hour plus paid mileage. £13.27 per hour at weekends.

Various shifts available.

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As a Kent Social Care Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award winning care to support our clients in their own homes to maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different!

Benefits for our Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupationalmaternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupationalpaternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits andWell-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave(pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme– earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Cardeligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Flexible hours, part and full time available
• Local work and paid mileage
• Enhanced pay forweekends and bank holidays
• Paid training– online and face to face
• Self-development– progression opportunities
• Access to ourin-house app
• Work for thelargest care companyin the UK!
• No experience necessary
• Book an interview at atime and date to suit you!

Job Description

Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

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.

• Various shifts available
• Looking for full-time and part-time care assistants
• Guaranteed hour contracts available to suit

What else you’ll help with:

• Companionship–being a friendly face & preventing loneliness
• Personal Care–all aspects of personal hygiene
• Medication–collecting prescriptions & providing reminders
• Mealtimes–preparing tasty meals
• Housekeeping–keeping their home just the way they like it
• Mobility–help with getting around

Qualifications

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirement

Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.