Care Assistant - Slough

Bluebird Care; Slough; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for compassionate Care Assistants to support elderly and vulnerable individuals in their homes. This rewarding role involves administering medication, providing companionship, and assisting with daily activities, ensuring clients maintain their independence and quality of life. With a commitment to employee development, the company offers comprehensive training, career progression opportunities, and a supportive work environment. Join a team that values every minute of your work, including travel time, and enjoy a fulfilling career making a real difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Paid Travel Time

Paid Mileage

Health Cover Cashback Scheme

Career Development Investment

Flexible Shift Patterns

Enhanced Bank Holiday Rate

Refer a Friend Bonus

Refer a Customer Bonus

Term-Time Contracts for Parents

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle are essential.
• No prior experience required; full training provided.

Responsibilities

• Administer medication and promote customer health and wellbeing.
• Assist with meal preparation, shopping, and domestic tasks.

Skills

Medication Administration

Manual Handling

Companionship

Meal Preparation

Shopping and Domestic Tasks

Excellent English Communication

Education

Level 2 Qualification in Health & Social Care

Tools

Vehicle

Job description

Salary details: £12.48-£14 per hour - paid travel time - paid mileage - health cover - pension - 28 days holiday - career development

Bluebird Care are proud to be rated outstanding by the CQC. A rating that was awarded to us due to the way we care for both our staff and our customers.

While Bluebird Care is a national home care provider, our office is a locally owned family business, run separately to other branches.

What we do

We're committed to keeping elderly and vulnerable people living in the comfort of their own homes (as an alternative to residential care) throughout Burnham, Slough, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe and the surrounding areas. This means you do need to drive and have your own vehicle to work for us.

While many companies only pay Care Assistants for contact time, we believe you should be paid for every minute you work, so we pay for both travel time and mileage.

On average, travel time equates to 10% of your working time, so put simply, working for a company that doesn't pay travel time means you'll be unpaid for 10% of every working day.

Responsibilities of a Care Assistant

Including but not limited to:

• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and wellbeing
• Companionship and help with activities/appointments
• Plan, prepare and cook nutritious meals
• Shopping and domestic tasks around the home
• Working every other weekend, or one day every weekend

To become a Care Assistant, you need:

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car/vehicle
• Right to work in the UK (unfortunately we cannot provide sponsorship)
• No experience as full training is provided
• Excellent level of English
• To be aged 18+

In addition to a secure and stable career, we offer:

• £12.48-£14 p/hr (based on experience)
• PAID mileage
• Enhanced bank holiday rate
• Significant investment in your career development (up to £5,000 within your first two years)
• Level 2 qualification in health & social care
• Defined career pathway
• Full induction training and ongoing support
• Dementia training as standard
• Full-time & part-time opportunities
• Variety of shift patterns (inc. some weekend hours)
• Term-time contracts for working parents
• Refer a friend (up to £250 per person)
• Refer a customer (up to £100 per customer)
• Health cover cashback scheme (over £1,000 per year)

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