Community Care Assistant

Forest Homecare Ltd; Halstead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care service provider is seeking Community Care Assistants in Halstead, Essex. No previous experience is required as full training will be provided. The role involves assisting service users with personal care, meal preparation, and maintaining their environment. Flexible part-time and full-time hours are available, with a starting salary of £13.68 per hour and additional weekend and holiday rates. A car is essential due to service user location. Join us for a rewarding career in care!

Benefits

Paid induction training

Free DBS Check

Mileage paid

Annual salary reviews

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• No previous experience necessary, full paid training provided.
• Car ownership is essential due to the location of service users.

Responsibilities

• Help service users maintain independence and dignity.
• Assist with personal care tasks.
• Support meal preparation and serving.
• Maintain physical environment including light cleaning.

Skills

Adaptability

Common sense

Caring attitude

Job description

Community Care Assistant

Location: Halstead, Essex

Hours: Part Time & Full Time (flexible)

Salary: £13.68 per hour

Enhancements: Weekends £14.08, Bank Holiday £16.96 per hour, £300 WELCOME BONUS FOR NEW JOINERS

Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Halstead, Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. As a Care assistant, you will need to have a professional, caring and flexible approach.

Responsibilities

Your main duties will include:

• Helping our Service Users maintain their independence and dignity.
• Assisting our Service Users with all aspects of personal care such as dressing, undressing, bathing and toileting.
• Supporting with preparing and serving meals.
• Maintaining the service user's physical environment including laundry, changing, and making beds, tidying and light cleaning duties.

We provide care 365 days a year between the hours of 6 am to 11 pm and split this over 4 shifts (Morning, Lunch, Tea, and Bed).

We can offer you full or part-time hours including every other weekend or one day every weekend.

Experience

This role is varied, and every day is different, so being adaptable, using your common sense and initiative are a ‘must’ for this role. You do not need to have worked as a Care Assistant before applying to us, but all experience in this field will help.

Forest Homecare is committed to ongoing training and supervision, qualifications, and continuing professional development. We also provide an extensive induction on the commencement of employment.

Car Ownership

Car Owners – This is essential due to the Service Users location.

What we can offer you

• Paid induction training with regular updates
• Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Qualifications
• Free DBS Check
• Uniforms and PPE provided
• Full or Part Time Hours with flexible shifts suitable for you
• Mileage paid
• Annual Salary reviews
• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme paying £100 per successful referral
• £300 welcome bonus* (Terms and Conditions apply)

Forest Homecare is positive about inclusion and welcomes applications from individuals who can meet the requirements of the job position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to support them.