Community Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing; Dundee; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Enhanced maternity/paternity and adopt

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care Dundee is hiring a Community Care Assistant to deliver in-home support to clients across Dundee. The role covers personal care, medication assistance, meal preparation and daily living tasks in line with care plans.

Applicants should have care experience, excellent communication, a full UK driving licence, and the right to work in the UK. We offer flexible contracts (16 hours), competitive hourly pay (£13.45 weekdays / £13.83 weekends) and a range of employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Care experience is required.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• You must have the right to work in the UK (we do not sponsor).

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, medication administration and meal preparation in clients' homes.
• Deliver community-based care to older adults in line with individual care plans.
• Support clients with daily living tasks and wellbeing.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Care experience

Full UK driving licence

Right to work in the UK

Job description

Job Title - Community Care Assistant

Location - Dundee Wide

Hours - 16 hours contracted

Hourly pay - £13.45 weekdays & £13.83 weekends (Full shift is paid including any gaps,downtime & travel)

About Prestige Nursing & Care Dundee

At Prestige Nursing & Care we pride ourselves on our ability to provide specialist Homecare Services for individuals of all ages living within their own homes. We are committed to ensuring each individual receives a person centred, professional service through our local teams of professional careers and registered nurses.

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 80 years, and we have over 30 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients.

The purpose of this role is to ensure the highest level of care, support and wellbeing is delivered to our clients by meeting physical, health, social and emotional needs (in line with the care plan) and adhering to Prestige Nursing & Care policies, procedures and values at all times.

Providing community based care to older adults within their own homes. Supporting with all aspects of daily living tasks such as personal care, medication administration and meal preparation.

We’re looking for:

• Excellent communication skills
• Care experience is required
• A full UK driver's licence
• You have the right to work in the UK (we do not offer any form of Sponsorship)

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.

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