Care Assistant - Northumberland South

Bluebird Care; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in home care services is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to join their dedicated team. This role offers the unique opportunity to provide personal care and support to customers in the comfort of their own homes, ensuring they lead fulfilling lives. With a commitment to staff training and development, you will be equipped to deliver the highest quality care. Flexibility is key, as you can choose between full-time or part-time work, allowing you to balance your home life while making a significant impact on the lives of others. Join a family-oriented team that truly values its members and offers numerous perks to enhance your work experience.

Benefits

£12.50 per hour

£18.75 per hour on bank holidays

45p mileage allowance

Travel Time at £12.00 per hour

28 days holiday pro rata

£200 bonus on completion of probation

Full training induction

Ongoing training and support

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Free uniform

Qualifications

• Compassionate and caring individuals are essential for this role.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car are required.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care duties and administering medication.
• Promoting customer health and well-being.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Communication

Manual Handling

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

1. Providing personal care duties
2. Administering medication
3. Manual handling, using equipment where required
4. 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’s 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

1. Full and valid UK driving licence
2. Access to a car
3. Right to work in the UK
4. Availability to work every other Weekend
5. 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 every other weekend.

We Can’t Care For Our Customers If We Don’t Take Care Of Our Team So To Make This Possible, We Offer

1. An excellent rate of £12.50 ph. Increasing to £18.75 ph on bank holidays.
2. 45p mileage allowance
3. Travel Time at £12.00 per hour
4. 28 days holiday pro rata
5. £200 bonus paid on completion of probation period
6. Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
7. Ongoing training and support
8. Flexible working
9. Pension scheme
10. Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
11. Free uniform

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.