Care Assistant - Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

Bluebird Care; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading home care provider in Manchester is looking for compassionate Care Assistants to deliver personal care and support to clients in their homes. This role offers flexibility to work full or part-time, with various hours available, including evenings and weekends. Candidates must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car. The position includes an excellent hourly rate and additional training opportunities, ensuring you feel equipped to provide the best care for our customers.

Benefits

£12.25ph - £25.00ph rate on Bank Holidays

30p per mile mileage allowance

28 days holiday pro rata

Training induction

12-week mentoring programme

Annual training bonus

Bonus for passing annual appraisal

£150 bonus on completing Probation

Company Pension scheme

Smartphone technology

Free uniform & PPE

Opportunities for QCF qualifications

Qualifications

• Full and valid UK driving licence is required.
• Access to a car for travel is necessary.
• Right to work in the UK is a must.
• Excellent level of English is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care duties.
• Administer medication to clients.
• Perform manual handling with necessary equipment.
• Promote customer health and well-being.

Skills

Compassionate care

Patient support

Manual handling

Customer health promotion

Job description

Overview

Various hours available.

We pride ourselves on being the best home care providers throughout Manchester South.

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.

Roles and Responsibilities

• 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 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 at least one evening per week and every other weekend for part time hours and at least two evenings a week and every other weekend for full time hours.

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 £12.25ph- £25.00ph on Bank Holidays.
• 30p per mile mileage allowance
• 28 days holiday pro rata
• Training induction and a 12-week mentoring programme
• Ongoing training and support with an annual bonus on completing training.
• Bonus when passing annual appraisal
• £150 bonus on completing Probation / Care Certificate
• Flexible working, Full or Part Time positions available.
• Company Pension scheme
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Free uniform & PPE
• Opportunities to complete QCF qualifications in Health and Social Care

But not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, We are a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow and every other day after that.