Care Assistant-Female Only

Homecarers Cheshire; Winsford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Homecarers Cheshire is seeking compassionate individuals for the role of Support Worker to provide personal care and support to clients in their homes. Flexible shifts available ranging from mornings to evenings, with a robust training program offered to ensure readiness. If you have a caring nature and are eager to make a difference in people's lives, we invite you to apply and join our dedicated team.

Benefits

Guaranteed contract based on individual availability

Enhanced pay rate for evening shifts

£300 refer a friend scheme

An attractive care bonus payment

Paid Induction programme

Company uniform and mobile phone

Access to the Company pool cars

Free counselling support and advice service 24/7

Opportunities for ongoing development and career progression

Qualifications

• No previous qualifications or experience needed as we provide a thorough induction.
• Must be 18 years or older to apply.

Responsibilities

• Visit clients in their homes in Winsford and Northwich.
• Provide personal care, assist with hygiene and dressing.
• Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Patience

Basic cooking skills

Job description

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Imagine a job where you spend every day making a meaningful difference to people’s lives and go home feeling proud of everything you have achieved.

Homecarers is a recognised care provider rated GOOD overall by CQC (Care Quality Commission)

We are looking for people who have a kind, friendly caring nature, who may want a change of career and flexible shifts.

You don’t need qualifications or experience; we offer a thorough 4-day induction programme to prepare you in your new exciting role.

What to expect

You will be visiting clients in their own home in the Winsford and Northwich area.

You will be meeting several clients each day, so you need to be a great communicator and even better listener, as our clients love to tell great stories.

You will be providing personal care and assisting with personal hygiene and dressing to get them ready for the day ahead.

We don’t need you to be a Michelin Starred chef, however basic cooking skills, such as boiling an egg, making sandwiches and using the microwave is essential.

Our clients have a range of ailments that they need support with, so our Support Workers need to be patient and have compassion.

We have a variety of shifts available, including morning shifts, full days and afternoons. We also have evening shifts 6.30pm – 11.15pm which attract an enhanced pay rate.

If you let us know your availability, we’ll see what we can do.

Please note you have to be 18 years of age or above to apply for this role.

We provide support to our clients 7 days a week, so alternate weekend working is something we require.

Please note whilst Homecarers welcomes applications from eligible applicants it is with regret that we do not have the facility to sponsor overseas staff

If you are passionate about care and seeking to work with a forward thinking, leading care Company, then we look forward to hearing from you!

Click on the Apply Now button and one of our team can call you for an informal chat about the roles and answer any questions you may have.

Please note all offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of a DBS check and references.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is open to female applicants only, due to a genuine occupational requirement relating to our current live vacancies.”

Referenced ID- 10798

About Company

Homecarers was established in April 1994 in Liverpool with an aim to provide service users with the choice to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, promoting independence and healthy lifestyle choices. We are innovative and work collaboratively with other services and digital providers to promote and share good practice pioneers in supporting innovation and are a testbed for digital solutions in social care.

Homecarers prides itself on being one of the UK’s leading care companies, providing quality homecare across Liverpool, Cheshire East and Cheshire West. We provide personal care to over 400 service-users, helping them to live independently and stay in the comfort of their own homes as long as possible as well as managing four Extra Care housing schemes.

Homecarers are passionate about helping those who need care and support to live better lives. We want to make a real difference to our service-users and their families, treating every care experience as though we were looking after one of our own family and ensuring that we provide a high level of ‘continuity of care’ to our service users with the same teams, where possible, visiting service-users on a regular basis.

DE&I

Homecarers are committed to the principles of equality and diversity in all services and employment practices. The Company recruits, trains and develops employees based on their ability and the requirements of their job role. Starcare believes that valuing and managing diversity is about recognising and appreciating individual needs and differences and treating everyone with dignity and respect.

• Early pay – early withdrawal payment scheme
• Blue Light Card Discount
• Guaranteed contract based on individual availability.
• Enhanced pay rate for evening shifts
• £300 refer a friend scheme- with £100 also being paid to the new staff member after successful completion of probation period.
• An attractive care bonus payment
• Paid Induction programme
• Company uniform and mobile phone
• Access to the Company pool cars
• Enhanced DBS check (T & C’s apply)
• Free counselling support and advice service 24/7
• Excellent business mileage 45p (drivers only)
• Opportunities for ongoing development and career progression