Care Worker - Community Care

Cross Keys Homes; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate and holiday

Full training leading to Certificate

Free uniform and PPE

Mileage allowance

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Cross Keys Care in Peterborough is seeking a warm and dedicated care assistant to support people in their own homes. This permanent role offers full-time or part-time contracted hours and a rota across mornings, evenings and weekends.

No previous care experience is required as full training is provided. You will work within a 5-mile radius of Peterborough city centre, delivering personal care, social calls, meal preparation and daily living support to help clients maintain independence.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required.
• Full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care, including washing, dressing and basic monitoring.
• Provide social calls and accompany clients on shopping trips.
• Prepare meals and support with daily living activities.
• Follow the service user's support plan and keep records updated.
• Communicate with the user, family and healthcare professionals as needed.

Skills

No experience needed

Job description

Can you provide comfort and reassurance when it matters the most?

Cross Keys Care are seeking a warm and dedicated care assistant in the Peterborough area to support people in their own homes. This is a permanent role with contracted hours to suit your needs. Full time or part time. We work within a 5-mile radius of the Peterborough city centre.

No experience needed. We are more about you sharing and demonstrating our values. You don't need to have previous experience in care to be successful in this role, as full training will be provided.

We are looking for people who want:

• Full time or part time contracted hours
• Mornings, evenings & weekends

What is domiciliary care?

Domiciliary care is providing extra support to people who live independently in their own homes. This could include household tasks, personal care, social calls and other tasks required, which allows people to maintain both their independence and quality of life.

Main Duties:

• Personal care includes washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance
• Social and shopping calls
• Meal preparation
• To provide the highest quality care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan, in person-centred approach
• To be aware of the personal needs and requirements of your service users, communicating successfully, not only with your service user, their family, friends and other healthcare professionals
• Maintain appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting back any changes or concerns in your service user's circumstances or condition

In Return:

This is an excellent opportunity to work for an organisation that really values their employees.

• Competitive hourly rate, £16.00ph Monday to Friday & £16.64ph bank holidays and weekends
• 45p per mile for travel expenses
• £1.00 per hour for mileage
• Full training is given leading to a Certificate in Care
• Free uniform, mobile phone, PPE equipment and a DBS check
• 28 days paid holidays inclusive of bank holidays. Plus, an extra day per year for every extra year worked. Capped at 5 extra days
• £250 Refer a friend scheme
• Complete care certificate within a 1-month period
• A great pension scheme; CKH will double employee's contribution up to a maximum of 10%. SHPS members will also benefit from Life Cover in the event of death in service. (T&C apply)
• CKH rewards benefit platform. Access to instant vouchers, cashback and reloadable gift card
• Employee Assistance Programme. 24-hour free counselling and legal advice
• CKH employees who have successfully passed their probationary period will be eligible to sign up for Westfield Health, which is a completely free service that gives you access to a range of health cash benefits and services. You will receive money back on a range of essential healthcare including new glasses, contact lenses, dental treatment and physiotherapy. If you have dependent children, they will also be covered on certain benefits up to the age of 22.

Hours of work are flexible between 7am and 10pm - This is on a rota basis.

We are looking for people who drive and have their own vehicle