Community Care Assistant

Prestige-Nursing-; Carnoustie; Hybrid; GBP 18,528 - 19,052; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

National Minimum Wage for training sessions

Flexible contract options

Paid time off to volunteer

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance line

Job summary

Prestige Nursing in Carnoustie, Scotland is seeking a Community Care Assistant to provide high-quality home care support for clients. The role requires caring for clients with personal needs, supporting medication, and helping with meal preparation. Both full and part-time flexible shifts are available.

Candidates should ideally be drivers and have a passion for community-based care. Extensive training is provided for those new to the role. The position is open for part-time morning or evening shifts as well.

Qualifications

• Experience desirable but not essential as full training will be given.
• Driver required due to client locations.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care.
• Provide medication support and meal preparation.
• Help clients remain in their homes.
• Work flexible shifts.

Skills

Personal care

Medication support

Meal preparation

Driving

Job description

Community Care Assistant (CCA254PT) Carnoustie, Scotland

Salary: GBP13.45 - GBP13.83 per hour

Job title – Community Care Assistant

Location – Carnoustie, Arbroath and Monifieth

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

Driver Required

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.

Shift 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; the same shift pattern applies.

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

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
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you and 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

Important information

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.