Care Assistant - Portland

Bluebird Care; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Bluebird Care is seeking a compassionate Care Assistant for the Portland area. This role focuses on delivering quality care to customers at home, with all necessary training provided. Candidates need a valid UK driving licence and the flexibility to work part-time, including evenings and weekends.

Benefits

£20 for bank holidays

70p travel allowance

28 days holiday pro rata

Care Friends bonus scheme

Free uniform

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full and valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a car is essential.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Excellent level of English required.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Caring

Job description

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While many Care providers only pay for your contact time, we believe that you should be paid for every minute that you are being a Bluebird Care Ambassador, even if you are sat in your car, so all your travel between customers is paid.

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
• 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 some evenings and alternate weekends.

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 £13.00 - £14.00 ph
• £20.00 bank holidays
• 70p travel allowance (combined travel pay and mileage)
• Care Friends bonus scheme
• 28 days holiday pro rata
• 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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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