Care Support Assistant

Ylyw; Worcester; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading company as a Care Support Assistant, where you will make a positive impact in the lives of clients requiring complex health and social care. Full training provided, with competitive pay and excellent benefits, this is a rewarding opportunity in a caring environment.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Pension scheme

Full training

Confidential employee assistance helpline

Career progression opportunities

Blue Light membership for discounts

Refer a friend scheme

Employee feedback surveys and recognition programs

Qualifications

• Good communication skills and a good standard of spoken and written English are essential.
• Possessing a UK full driving license is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care (toileting, washing, dressing).
• Assisting with medication administration and social activities.
• Maintaining nutrition and hydration.

Skills

Communication

Job description

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life? Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care.

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to join our team to support a client based in London, Worcester Park, KT4 area who has complex health and social care needs.

Full training will be provided to prepare you for the role of Care Support Assistant. Upon completion of training, you will be paid a competitive rate of £15.54 for day shifts and £16.20 for waking night shifts.

This role involves a mixture of 12-hour day shifts and waking night shifts, requiring a minimum of 24 hours per week.

Please note this role involves supporting our client in their own home environment, where pets are present.

We offer excellent benefits, including:

• Competitive pay rates
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Full training
• Confidential employee assistance helpline
• Opportunity to gain qualifications in Health and Social Care
• Career progression opportunities
• Blue Light membership for discounts with 15,000 brand partners
• Refer a friend scheme
• Online employee portal for information and self-service
• Employee feedback surveys and recognition programs

Your responsibilities as a Care Support Assistant will include: Providing personal care (toileting, washing, dressing), catheter care, bowel management, cough assisting, medication administration, supporting transfers and repositioning, maintaining nutrition and hydration, assisting with feeding, and supporting our client to attend social activities and appointments.

Skills and experience required: Good communication skills and a good standard of spoken and written English are essential. Possessing a UK full driving license and previous experience are advantageous.

We are committed to a Safer Recruitment Process to protect those we support. All vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks such as DBS and references.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check (adult and children) with a check of the barred lists. It is preferred that candidates are members of the DBS Update Service; a certificate number will be required for checks.

If interested, please complete our short application form and upload your CV to apply.