Community Care Assistant

Abbots Care Ltd; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A care company in Hertfordshire is looking for community care assistants to provide home care services. The role offers flexible hours, training opportunities, and competitive pay rates. No prior experience is necessary, but a full driving licence and access to a car are required. Benefits include ongoing training, paid mileage, and various employee perks.

Benefits

Paid training and DBS

Paid mileage of 40p per mile

New wellbeing app for carer support

Qualifications

• Full driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Providing support and care for service users within their own homes.
• Assisting with personal care.
• Preparing meals and associated domestic tasks.
• Administering medication.
• Supporting service users with their hobbies and social interests.

Skills

Compassion

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary care company based in Hertfordshire with a CQC rating of outstanding. Our community-based support care workers provide care to our service users within their own homes to help them remain as independent as possible. Abbots Care are currently recruiting for community care assistants to join our teams providing care in peoples own homes in Berkhamsted, Tring and Aylesbury. The role of a care assistant is extremely rewarding and fulfilling, with many opportunities to develop within your career at Abbots including paid diplomas and job progression. Previous experience in care is not necessary as paid comprehensive training is provided by our Inhouse training department. You will need to have a full driving licence with access to your own car in order for us to process your application. Our working hours are between 7am-10pm including alternate weekends however can be flexible on request. We can also accommodate flexible hours between 7am-10pm with shifts.

Responsibilities

• Providing support and care for our service users within their own homes
• Supporting and assisting with personal care
• Preparing meals and associated domestic tasks
• Administering medication
• Supporting your service user with their hobbies and social interests

Benefits

• 0 hour contracts
• Hourly rates of £13.00 per hour weekdays / £13.50 per hour weekends - paid for time spent with client
• Paid mileage of 40p per mile
• Paid training and DBS
• Ongoing opportunities for additional training and progression including Level 2 and 3 Diplomas
• New wellbeing app for our carers to discuss any worries or issues with our trained mental health team
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores

Why join Abbots Care

• Feeling of reward: There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month
• Flexibility: We understand the importance of having a work life balance
• Variety: No day is ever the same in care
• Real qualifications: We offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, and we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us
• Our perks: Competitive pay rates, market leading mileage pay, and an open-door policy in our branches

Requirements

• Full driving licence and access to your own vehicle
• Right to work in the UK

How to apply

Please apply and a member of our experienced team will be in contact.