Care Assistant - Sevenoaks

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

Job summary

Join a leading provider of private Care at Home as a Care Assistant in Sevenoaks. This role offers flexible working hours, competitive pay, and a supportive team environment dedicated to enhancing the lives of vulnerable individuals. You will receive comprehensive training and have opportunities for career progression in a high-growth sector. With a focus on work-life balance, you can choose hours that suit your lifestyle while making a meaningful impact in your community. If you are compassionate, reliable, and committed to making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Tax-free mileage paid at 35p per mile

Paid DBS

4 weeks paid annual leave

8 Bank Holidays

Career progression opportunities

Comprehensive pre-work training program

Paid shadowing

£315 bonus for completing training

£265 refer-a-friend bonus scheme

Opt-in private medical insurance scheme

Qualifications

• Must be committed to improving the quality of life for vulnerable adults.
• Thorough training provided, including shadowing a Mentor.

Responsibilities

• Support customers with everyday tasks to help them live independently.
• Work in the community assisting vulnerable individuals.

Skills

Caring and compassionate attitude

Reliability

Ability to support vulnerable adults

Education

Care Certificate

Tools

Smartphone technology

Job description

Bluebird Care is the UK’s leading provider of private Care at Home. We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable Care Assistants to join our thriving agency providing a high-quality and much-needed service to vulnerable people all over Sevenoaks.

We accept V1SA transfers, but you must already be sponsored and based in our area.

We appreciate your need for a healthy work-life balance, so why not offer us the hours you can manage to see if we have a fit!

We offer flexible working hours, as well as salaried fixed shifts, with high demand for evenings and weekends. Also for Night Shifts and Live-in Care.

What will you be doing? Our Care Assistants work out in the community helping our customers to live independently in their own homes. You will support customers with a variety of everyday tasks.

You will get thorough training, shadowing a Mentor or experienced member of the team, and support while completing The Care Certificate.

Who are we looking for? People who care deeply about improving the life experience of vulnerable members of the community, who have a caring and compassionate attitude, and who are reliable. We ask that you are 100% committed to helping improve the quality of life of vulnerable adults.

You need to live in or within a reasonable commute of Sevenoaks and have access to a car that you can use for work.

What are we offering in return?

• A friendly team of dedicated and supportive colleagues
• Competitive rates of basic pay: £14.05 - £15.75 per hour post probation
• Tax-free mileage paid at 35p per mile
• Paid DBS
• 4 weeks paid annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays
• A genuine opportunity for career progression in a high-growth sector
• A comprehensive pre-work Training program
• Paid shadowing
• £315 bonus for completing Training (paid in your 1st month's pay)
• £265 refer-a-friend bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Opt-in private medical insurance scheme
• A route to funded formal qualifications (e.g. L2/L3/L5 Diplomas in Health & Social Care)
• On-going training and support from a friendly office team
• Work with leading edge Smartphone technology: everything is simple and at the tap of a button
• Loyalty bonus

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Full and part-time working hours – you choose.
• Flexible working – hours to suit you and your life.
• Guaranteed hour contracts available
• Enhanced rates on bank holidays