Care Assistant - £14.36 to £19.07 per hour + mileage* in Blackburn)

Prestige Nursing; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A care service provider in East Lancashire is seeking compassionate staff to support individuals in their homes. Responsibilities include personal care, administering medication, and documenting care to a high standard. Requires flexibility in working hours and having your own transport. The role comes with extensive training programs and weekly pay.

Benefits

Access to free training programs

Flexible working hours

Weekly pay with accrued holiday pay

Free uniform

Qualifications

• Experience of working in care is preferred, but not essential.
• Access to own vehicle and full UK driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Perform personal care tasks including washing and toileting.
• Administer medication and encourage diet and fluid intake.
• Complete documentation to a high standard.

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Prestige Nursing East Lancashire is looking for new members to join our growing team supporting individuals within their own homes and care settings.

Experience of working in care is preferred, but not essential; you will require access to your own vehicle if completing day shifts - mileage is paid.

Having secured a significant amount of new work opportunities, we need compassionate, committed, caring staff to join our team and support our service users across the region.

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 Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Colne, Darwen, Nelson, and 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.

The Role

• 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: 08:00 - 14:00, 14:00 - 22:00, 18:00 - 22:00, 22:00 - 07:00.

About us

Prestige Nursing East Lancashire 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 in East Lancashire. We strive to provide a high standard of care to all of our service users.

Feedback on our services from staff and service users includes:

• “I wish I had joined Prestige years ago. One hundred percent a pleasure to work for.”
• “The staff I worked with worked well as a team and management were very helpful.”
• “The best agency I have worked for by far. They keep me updated, there is good communication and they give me more than enough work.”
• “I don’t know how we would have coped without Prestige's support, members of the care team have felt like family at times.”
• “I cannot fault the attention to care that my mother received throughout the pandemic. Prestige Nursing East Lancs has done everything possible to keep our family safe, supported and happy.”
• “As a previous employee of Prestige, I can safely say, anyone looking for work who is willing to put the effort in, genuinely cares, and is willing to work hard, will have opportunity to grow both in their career and in their annual income.”

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.

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