Care Assistant – Part Time

TN United Kingdom; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking caring and compassionate individuals to join their team as Care Assistants. This rewarding role involves supporting vulnerable people in the community, assisting with daily living tasks, and providing personal care. With a commitment to making life better for older individuals, this company offers a supportive environment and full training for those new to care. If you are empathetic, reliable, and flexible, and have a passion for helping others, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Paid training sessions

Variety of shifts

Blue light card

Free PVG update

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance line

Support from local branch team

Qualifications

• Experience preferred but not essential; full training available.
• Must be a female driver with access to own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with daily living, domestic duties, and personal care.
• Supporting clients in the community and meal preparation.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

No formal education required

Job description

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£12.20 per hour weekdays & £14.85 – £15.82 per hour at weekends, plus 45ppm travel between clients

Experience is preferred but not essential as full training available

We work on a 4/3 rota basis which provides you with great continuity and a fantastic work/life balance, your rota whilst working with us would look like this:

Shifts are 4pm to 10pm

Week 1 – Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday

Week 2 – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you’ll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.

Are you interested in making life better for older people but not have any professional experience or do you have previous care experience? Be that as a Care Assistant working in Care homes, as a Homecarer working in the community or as a Support worker?

You are just the person we are looking for here at Prestige Nursing & Care.

Our Kirkcaldy branch is currently recruiting for caring and compassionate full-time female carers to join our growing team to support vulnerable people in the community. This role is highly rewarding and will fill you with a huge sense of pride. Here is a little more about the role:

We are ideally looking for you to be:

• Empathetic, compassionate, and a warm individual
• Reliable, committed, and flexible
• Paid UK experience preferred but not essential as training available
• A female driver with access to your own vehicle is a requirement - Business Insurance required
• Live locally and be able to commit to the Rota and shifts

Here are just a couple of things you will be doing on a day-to-day basis:

• Assisting with daily living, domestic duties, and personal care
• Supporting clients in the community
• Meal preparation and support

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions
• A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
• Work with our own clients, no agency work
• Blue light card
• Free PVG update
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Holiday pay
• Care Friends App Referral Scheme – T&C’s apply
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

If this all sounds like you, please apply now; we would love to hear from you.

In line with the Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be an extension to timelines.

You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair, and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or any other perceived difference.

As a Company, we are unable to provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates.

Applicants must have proof of right to work in the UK. It is a requirement to provide an overseas police check dated within the last 3 months of being in the UK if you have lived outside of the UK for longer than a year in the last 5 years.