Care Assistant - Ipswich

Bluebird Care; Ipswich; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to support customers in their homes. The role offers flexibility with full-time or part-time options. Join a family-oriented team that values care for both customers and staff, providing comprehensive training and competitive pay.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay; £12-£18 per hour

Paid mileage 35p per mile

Full training during induction

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Supportive supervision and regular support sessions

Smartphone technology

Flexible working

Pension scheme

28 days paid holiday inc. bank holidays

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full and valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a car and right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care duties and administering medication.
• Manual handling and household chores.
• Offering companionship and promoting customer health.

Skills

Compassion

Caring

Patience

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.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Household chores
• Meal preparation
• Shopping
• Social Outings
• Offering our customers companionship
• Generally 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.

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

• Competitive rates of pay; £12-£18 per hour
• Paid mileage 35p per mile
• Full training during induction
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities
• Supportive supervision and regular support sessions
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Flexible working
• Pension scheme
• 28 days paid holiday inc. bank holidays
• Refer a friend scheme
  
  

But not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, whether it's your birthday, Christmas, awards or simply because it’s a Thursday. We’re a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow and every other day after that.