Care Assistant – Children (Weekends)

Prestige Nursing; Cleveleys; On-site; GBP 12,398 - 16,531; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Mileage paid

Free uniform

Training

Job summary

Prestige Nursing Blackpool is seeking compassionate carers with experience caring for children to join our growing team across the region. You will work with children with autism and challenging behaviour, and experience is needed to provide safe, empathetic care across various service users’ homes.

You will be supported by our mandatory training programme and ongoing client‑specific training, with free training opportunities and weekly pay.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children and young people.
• Experience working with children with autism and challenging behaviour.
• Must have access to own vehicle and a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Personal care tasks; including washing and toileting.
• Administering medication.
• Encouraging diet and fluid intake.
• Promoting independence.
• Completing documentation to a high standard.
• Using Prestige’s call monitoring service.

Skills

Childcare experience

Compassionate

Communication skills

Job description

Prestige Nursing Blackpool is seeking new members with experience caring for children to join our growing team.

Having secured a significant amount of new work opportunities, we need compassionate, committed, caring staff to join our young service users across the region. You are required to have experience supporting children and young people.

We provide all new members with our mandatory training programme, and further client‑specific training where necessary. We offer our members a variety of work patterns with service users on care routes throughout Blackpool and the surrounding areas.

We endeavour to keep you working as close to home as possible, but you will require access to your own vehicle and a full UK driving licence (mileage is paid)

The Role

Tasks may include:

• Personal care tasks; including washing and toileting
• Administering medication
• Encouraging diet and fluid intake
• Promoting independence
• Completing documentation to a high standard
• Using Prestige’s call monitoring service

Members are typically required to work between:

9am – 6.30pm Saturday and Sundays (Can involve more shifts during school holidays)

Applicants are required to have experience working with children with autism and challenging behaviour.

About Us

Prestige Nursing Blackpool is a family‑run business, providing a wide range of healthcare solutions to individuals within their own homes and care settings.

We pride ourselves on a reputation for providing excellent care services and being one of the best care and support agencies Lancashire. We strive to provide a high standard of care to all of our service users.

Our family truly cares about the well‑being of all staff and service users and strives to achieve the best possible outcomes for all stakeholders.

Why Work for Prestige?

• Access to Prestige’s extensive free training programs.
• Access to external training providers in NVQ 2,3,5 in Health and Social Care.
• Ongoing in‑house training to extend your knowledge of working practice.
• Weekly pay into your bank, along with accrued holiday pay.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free uniform.

*pay rates are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%*