Care Assistant - Bath & NE Somerset

Bluebird Care; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care service provider in Bath is seeking compassionate and patient Care Assistants to provide personalized care. This role requires a full and valid UK driving license and offers flexibility in working hours. The ideal candidate will have an excellent command of the English language and be dedicated to ensuring customers' well-being. Competitive pay rates, paid travel time, and ongoing training will be provided to ensure you have the tools necessary to succeed.

Benefits

Competitive pay of £13.85 on weekdays

Higher pay on weekends and bank holidays

45p mileage allowance

Paid travel time

28 days holiday pro rata

Comprehensive training

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Free uniform

Birthday as a paid day off

Qualifications

• Full and valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a car.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Excellent level of English.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care duties.
• Administering medication.
• Manual handling, using equipment where required.
• Promoting customer health and well-being.

Skills

Compassionate

Caring

Patient

Excellent English

Job description

Providing Quality Care

Bluebird Care started as a small family business in 2004, and today we are proud to be one of the largest providers of home care services across the UK. But what makes us different?

We’re committed to keeping people in the comfort of their own home, so we help with anything from everyday tasks around our customers’ homes through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.

We were awarded Outstanding by CQCand for that reason, we pride ourselves on selecting the very best Care Assistants. If you are passionate about providing the very best care, then this role could be the role for you.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full

Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role

It’s isn’t about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.

But don’t panic, we’ll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers so it’s important that you feel equipped for the role.

You must have :

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car
• Right to work in the UK
• Excellent level of English

Because We Care About You

We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. You can choose between full-time or part-time work; all you have to do is simply tell us your availability. Although we try to be flexible where we can, we do require you to be flexible with us too, that’s why we will require you to work

• date / times required

We can’t care for our customers if we don’t take care of our team so to make this possible, we offer :

• An excellent rate of £13.85 weekdays, £14.85 weekends and £20.77 bank holidays
• 45p mileage allowance
• PAID travel time
• 28 days holiday pro rata
• Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
• Ongoing training and support
• Flexible working
• Pension scheme
• Free uniform
• Your birthday as a paid day off every year!