Care Assistant

ICCM Ltd; Wirral; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Pension scheme

Refer a friend £300 referral bonus

Paid training

Job summary

ICCM Ltd is seeking a care professional to support a client with a spinal cord injury at the client’s home in Wirral. You will work with the Live-in Carer to assist with personal care, mobility and daily living, while safeguarding dignity and privacy.

No previous experience is required, and nurse-led training will be provided. The role offers day and night shifts with progression opportunities within City & County Healthcare Group.

Qualifications

• No experience required.
• Good communications skills.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries yet develop rapport with the client.
• Nurse Led training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Support the client with personal care and mobility.
• Attend to medication and catheter care needs.
• Assist with bowel management and maintain client dignity.
• Empower the client to make their own decisions.

Skills

Communication skills

Professional boundaries

Job description

Company Description

Pay Rate: £13.50 per hour days and £14.00 per hour nights. This role is working with another carer, therefore two carers will be present during personal care and when mobilising the client. This role has the opportunity to offer contracted hours after successful completion of probation.

Location: Bromborough, Wirral.

Shifts Available: Days and Nights required 8am to 8pm and 8pm to 8am.

What We Offer

ICCM is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Pension scheme
• Benefits and Well-being Platform
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral!
• Paid training – online and face to face
• Self-development – progression opportunities
• Access to our in-house app
• No experience necessary
• Book an interview at a time and date to suit you!

Job Description

You will be supporting our Client who has a spinal cord injury and working with their Live in Carer to help support them with personal care, mobility and all aspects of daily living. You will attend to their medication and catheter care needs, support with bowel management and ensure the client dignity is maintained. Our client enjoys his privacy and being supported to be comfortable in their own home, they enjoy doing activities in the home and need support to do this and are able to direct their own care. This role is about building a long term rapport to improve the quality of their life and empower them to make their own decisions.

Qualifications

No experience is required.

Good communications skills.

Ability to maintain professional boundaries yet develop a rapport with the client.

Nurse Led training is provided.

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.