Care Assistant - Shiremoor (NE27)

TN United Kingdom; Shiremoor; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated community team as a Care Assistant in Shiremoor, where you can truly make a difference in people's lives. This role is perfect for those with a caring spirit and a desire to help others. You will receive comprehensive training and support, ensuring you have the skills needed to provide personalized care. Your working hours will be flexible, aligning with shift patterns that include weekends and evenings. This is an opportunity to join an organization that values compassion and community, making every day a chance to be a day-maker and life-changer for those you support.

Benefits

Fully funded DBS

Paid induction training

Training development

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Union membership (optional)

Qualifications

• Essential qualities include patience, empathy, and clear communication.
• No prior care experience needed; transferable skills are valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care while protecting people's dignity.
• Promote independence and connect people to local support.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Can-do attitude

Education

No formal qualifications required

Job description

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Care Assistant - Shiremoor (NE27), Shiremoor

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Client:

Be Caring

Location:

Shiremoor, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

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Job Description:

Role Requirements:

• Female applicants only

Be a Care-Giving Day-Maker

Our Mission “Is to be care-giving day-makers, hope-builders, smile-givers, life-changers, community-warriors with the will to make a difference.” Join our dedicated community team and help us to enrich the lives of others.

Join our dedicated community team today!

We are recruiting a minimum of 4 part-time Care Assistants (female) to provide care and support to people living in Shiremoor (NE27).

If you are the kind of person that can make people smile while visiting them in their home, then a Care Assistant with Be Caring could be the right fit for you. You do not need a degree or care qualifications to be a Care Assistant, but you will need the right values. Each day is varied, and you will need to have a can-do attitude.

As a Care Assistant for Be Caring, your working hours will be aligned to our shift patterns, which for this role include late shift working and alternate weekends:

• Working Saturday & Sunday
  

As a Care Assistant for Be Caring we will agree your working pattern, setting a 2-week rota which includes:

• Evenings as agreed within your working hours
• Fully funded DBS.
• Paid induction training:1 week classroom-based (Monday - Friday), 2 days shadowing and additional online modules.
• Training development: funded Level 2 and other accredited courses.
• Holiday pay:annual leave accumulates with working hours and length of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP):24-hour helpline, advice and guidance for yourself and dependents.
• Union membership (optional):through our partnership with the GMB.

Job Description

You may already have many of the skills needed to make an excellent Care Assistant for Be Caring, patience, empathy, and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively are all essential qualities for this role.

As a Care Assistant working within Shiremoor, you will:

• Provide personal care that protects people's dignity.
• Promote independence using enabling approaches.
• Support people to meet their outcomes, involving families and professionals.
• Connect people to their communities accessing local support and services.
• Deliver personalised care through individual choice and control.
• Be a strong and effective communicator, documenting, reporting, and sharing information with the right people at the right time.

Induction Training

We are looking for people with Be Caring values to join our team. For this role you do not need care experience, we recognise you will have many transferable skills from previous roles, for example as a shop assistant. We will provide you with the training you need to be an outstanding Care Assistant.

As a Care Assistant for Be Caring, you will be provided with comprehensive induction training on:

• Be Caring values, going Above & Beyond to meet personal outcomes.
• Dignity and respect, safeguarding and equality and diversity
• Confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Fluids and nutrition and safe administration of medication.
• Moving and positioning, basic life support, and pressure sores (React to Red)
• Infection prevention and control,health and safety.
• Learning Disabilities (Oliver McGowan Tier 1), mental health and capacity.

Apply today and our friendly recruitment team will be in touch!