Community Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the care industry is looking for passionate Community Care Assistants in Edinburgh to deliver personalized care in clients' homes. You'll work flexible shifts providing essential support, ensuring clients receive the highest quality care. With various roles available and numerous perks, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Paid for training and shadow shifts

Weekly pay

Blue light card

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Personalized support from local team

Qualifications

• Must live in Edinburgh and commit to shifts.
• Professional and personal references required.
• Driver’s licence is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personal care to supported individuals.
• Work independently or as part of a team.
• Manage medication and provide meal support.

Skills

Caring

Resilience

Reliability

Job description

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£12.44 per hour with additional holiday pay accrual, plus e very second weekend is guaranteed time off.

Working a *4/3 Rota with shift times 7am to 2pm and/or 4pm to 10pm

Full time and Part time roles available

*Wk 1 – Mon, Tues Sat and Sunday

Wk 2 – Wed, Thurs and Friday

Must be able to commit to the shifts and rota

People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you’ll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.

Who will you be helping to make life better for?

Prestige Nursing & Care Edinburgh are seeking dedicated and passionate Community Care Assistant to join our care and support team. You will work delivering person centred, specialised care to our clients in their own homes on a one-to-one basis. This will enable you to maintain a clinical and supportive overview of your client.

We are looking for Professional Carers who can build positive relationships with a range of clients and their families as we understand the importance that we play in their lives.

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
• Work with our own clients, no agency work.
• Weekly pay
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Holiday pay
• Care Friends App Referral Scheme – T&C’s apply
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.

The Role

• Deliver personal care to supported individuals.
• Work as part of a team or independently to supported individuals in their own homes.
• Medication management
• Social visits.
• Meal support
• Caring,committed, resilient and reliable
• Must live in Edinburgh and be able to commit to the rota and shifts
• A driver’s licence is an advantage but not a requirement
• Walker roles may be available
• Good professional and personal references

If you are a driver, you will receive 45p per mile between clients to cover mileage costs.

In line with Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

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.

You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

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.