Care Support Worker

YOURLIFEYOURWAY; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A quality care company in London is looking for a Care Support Assistant to provide vital support to a client with complex health needs. This part-time, bank role offers flexible shifts including days and nights, with a competitive hourly wage of £13.85 - £17.07 after training. Candidates should have experience in nighttime work and must be comfortable in a pet-friendly environment. Join us to make a difference in someone's life.

Benefits

Good Rate of Pay

Paid annual leave

Pension scheme entitlement

Full training provided

Confidential employee helpline

Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care

Blue Light membership

Refer a friend scheme

Career progression

Online employee portal

Early Access Pay

Qualifications

• Experience in completing nighttime work is essential for this position.
• Must be available to work a variety of day and night shifts.
• Comfortable working in an environment that has a pet.

Responsibilities

• Cover absence and holiday leave within a team.
• Assist client with personal care, medication and other daily activities.

Job description

Would you like a rewarding job in care, making a difference to someone’s life? Are you a caring and compassionate person? We need you to Join our quality care company as a Care Support Assistant!

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support a client with Spinal Muscular Atrophy based in London, SW18.

You will be paid between £13.85 -£17.07 per hour, after training is completed.

This position is for a part-time bank role on an ad hoc basis. This role includes covering a variety of shifts including waking nights, sleeping nights and days.

Experience in completing nighttime work is essential for this position as well as being able to work a mixture of days and nights.

Main duties of the job

As a bank Care Support Assistant, you will be required to cover absence and holiday leave within a team.

We are recruiting for a Care Support Assistant to support a gentleman with complex health and social needs in his own home and out in the community. Duties will include: Assisting our client to meet his needs including Personal care, Medication administration, use of Non-invasive ventilation at night, Repositioning, Blood pressure monitoring, Chest physio via Hayek, Couch assist, Meal preparation and assistance to access the community, including attending appointments.

About us

Benefits include:

• Good Rate of Pay
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme entitlement
• Full training provided
• Confidential employee helpline
• Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care
• Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners
• Refer a friend scheme
• Career progression
• Online employee portal
• Early Access Pay

Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

If you would like to apply for this position of Care Support Assistant, please apply online by filling in a short application form and uploading a copy of your CV.

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. You will be required to provide a certificate number so the status checks can be carried out.

Job responsibilities

As a bank Care Support Assistant, you will be required to cover absence and holiday leave within a team.

Person Specification

• Experience in completing nighttime work is essential for this position.
• You must be available to work a variety of day and night shifts.
• You must be comfortable working in an environment that has a pet.
• Driver preferred but not essential

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.