Care Assistant

Inchwater Home Care; Whitfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid travel and wait time

Bank holiday double-time

Mileage allowance

Competitive hourly rate

Own clients for continuity

Full training & NVQ progression

Job summary

Inchwater Home Care is seeking a Care Assistant Worker to join our team in and around Dover. The role focuses on companionship and personal care for elderly clients, with shifts between 4pm and 9pm. Training is provided and you will be matched to clients to suit availability.

We offer paid travel, mileage/visit pay, and progressive rates. A driving licence and own transport are required, with full training and support offered to new carers.

Qualifications

• No previous care experience required; full training provided.
• Must have own transport.

Responsibilities

• Visit elderly clients in their homes to provide companionship and personal care.
• Assist with daily activities such as medication, cleaning, cooking, shopping and social support.
• Help clients maintain independence and wellbeing in their own homes.
• Build relationships with clients to ensure continuity of care.

Job description

We are looking for a Care Assistant Worker to join our team of care workers in and around Dover. We have been awarded top in Kent for quality home care and we're looking for somebody who can work during the hours of 4pm to 9pm.

We visit our elderly clients in their homes and offer companionship, personal care and anything else they need to live a happy and independent life. Daily activities might include medication, personal care, cleaning, cooking, shopping, offering choices, social inclusion and social support.

Many people have care experience, without them realising some examples are:- supporting the elderly, providing regular support/help to buying the shopping for a neighbour who is struggling to go out.

We don't need you to have previous professional care experience as we offer comprehensive training built from our own mix of experience in the Health and Social Care sector.

If you are interested in joining Inchwater Home Care, then you might find us a little different. We offer you the time to provide excellent support and offer continuity of care with your own specific clients. We minimise travelling and wait times and we offer a very competitive mileage allowance. We want you to enable the best possible care for our clients.

What we offer a Care Assistant

• Paid Travel and wait time
• Double-time rates on Bank holidays
• 45p per mile fuel allowance
• £14.00 per hour weekday, £15.50 per hour weekends after successful 3-month probation)
• Your own clients to work with, so you can build a relationship to be able to support them.
• Minimum of 1hr visits, giving you time to provide quality care needs without rushing.

Plus, of course

• Full training induction and ongoing training and support
• Refer a friend bonus
• Fully funded nationally recognised training (NVQs 2, 3, 4 and 5)

We only ask a couple of things from any Care Assistant Applicant:

• You need your own transport.
• You are passionate to work in a team that focusses on wellbeing.

We are currently looking for part time staff to work across Dover villages and surrounding areas for our inspiring clients. Should you be successful, you will be matched to clients that click with you and your availability and you will be working between the hours of 4pm until 9pm.

More often than not, we are approached by family members in need of some extra help with their relative, so we are looking for you, to care for our clients, as you would care for your own family or friends.

No previous experience is required as full training is provided, all we ask is that you have a passion to care for others!

We support every Care Assistant

Our role is to support you, so that you can work comfortably knowing you have all the training, knowledge and backup you need. You can call us 24hrs a day!

We pay you mileage from home, pay you during the visit and also pay you mileage and time to get to your next client.

Care Assistant Worker Hours

• Part-time and Permanent
• Care AssistantBenefits:
• Company events
• Company pension
• Referral programme

Licence/Certification:

• Drivers licence (required)
• United Kingdom (required)
• Work Location: On the road

About Inchwater Home Care

We have been rated as Top in Kent for quality (homecare.co.uk) and for the second time we have been rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. We are the only Home Care Company in Dover District and Shepway to be rated so highly.

That's why we are confident to say that Inchwater Home Care provides the highest quality of care, support and companionship for older people living at home in Dover, Deal, Sandwich and Shepway districts.

If you want to join a team of truly dedicated professionals and learn from the best, then please apply now. We're looking forward to hearing from yo