Community Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing Ltd; Bath; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care Angus is seeking a Community Care Assistant to support clients at home with personal care, meal preparation and medication assistance. Flexible hours include a 4/3 pattern across mornings and evenings, with shifts starting early in the day and finishing late in the afternoon.

Drivers are required for this role due to client locations. Training provided, with potential progression into contracted hours and a supportive branch team.

Qualifications

• Driving license or access to transport.
• Care experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care, including showering and continence support.
• Provide medication support and meal preparation.
• Support clients to remain in their own homes.
• Attend shifts as scheduled, including mornings and evenings.

Skills

Driving license

Care experience

Job description

Job title – Community Care Assistant

Location – Montrose, Kirriemuir and Forfar.

Hours / shifts – Zero Hour – Full and Part time shifts available

Hourly pay – 13.45 weekdays, 13.83 weekends

Driver Required

£500 Introductory Offer

£250 once completed onboarding and training; £250 on completion of 200 hours.

About Prestige Nursing & Care Angus

Our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for our clients.

What our client is looking for

We are looking for carers to support our clients to remain within their homes by providing support with personal care (showering, continence assistance) medication support and meal preparation.

4/3 working pattern.

Week 1: Mon, Tues, Sat and Sun

Week 2: Wed, Thurs, Fri

Times: Shifts start at 7am-2pm and 4pm-10pm.

Enquiries welcome from those looking to work on a part time basis for mornings or evenings only, same shift pattern applies

Due to client locations we require a driver for this role.

Do you need experience?

Experience desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
• Work with our own clients, no agency work
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Holiday pay
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS/PVG, right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

We reserve the right to close this position early.