Care Assistant - Pontypool - SEP 24

Bluebird Care; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider seeks Care Assistants to offer high-quality personal care and support to clients in their homes. Ideal candidates will be compassionate and patient individuals with the flexibility to work varying shifts, including weekends. Comprehensive training and a supportive team environment are provided to ensure staff are well-equipped for their roles.

Benefits

28 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays)

PAID TRAVEL TIME

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Free uniform

Ongoing training and support

Smartphone technology for work tasks

Full training induction and a 12-week mentor

35p mileage allowance

£250 refer a friend bonus

Qualifications

• Must possess a full and valid UK driving licence.
• Must have access to a car.
• Must be eligible to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care duties.
• Administering medication.
• Manual handling and promoting customer well-being.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Caring

Excellent level of English

Education

NVQ level 2

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.

If you are passionate about providing the very best care, then this role could be the role for you.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• 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:

• 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. 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 second weekend and at least one evening a week.

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

• An excellent rate of £12.5-£15.5 per hour
• 35p mileage allowance
• PAID TRAVEL TIME
• 28 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays)
• Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
• Ongoing training and support
• Flexible working
• Pension scheme
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Free uniform
• NVQ level 2
• £250 refer a friend bonus
  
  

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.