Community Care Assistant

Abbots Care; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading domiciliary care company seeks community care assistants to provide care in clients' homes across Aylesbury, Tring, and Berkhamsted. Previous experience is not required as comprehensive training is provided, ensuring a fulfilling career path with opportunities for progression, including paid diplomas and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Paid training and DBS

Guaranteed hours; part-time and full-time contracts available

Paid mileage of 40p per mile

Refer a Friend Bonus of £250

New Wellbeing app for employee support

Blue Light Discount in restaurants and shops

Qualifications

• Passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others.
• Full driving license with access to a vehicle.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and care for service users within their homes.
• Assist with personal care and meal preparation.
• Administer medication and support social interests.

Job description

Due to the nature of the role and being community-based, you will need to have a full driving license and access to your own vehicle, as well as the right to work in the UK. Please apply and a member of our experienced team will be in contact.

Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary care company based in Hertfordshire with a CQC rating of outstanding. Our community-based support care workers provide care to our service users within their own homes to help them remain as independent as possible.

Abbots Care is currently recruiting for community care assistants to join our teams providing care in people's own homes in Aylesbury, Tring, and Berkhamsted.

The role of a care assistant is extremely rewarding and fulfilling, with many opportunities to develop within your career at Abbots, including paid diplomas and job progression.

Previous experience in care is not necessary as paid comprehensive training is provided by our in-house training department.

Our working hours are between 7am-10pm, including alternate weekends, but can be flexible on request.

We can also accommodate flexible hours between 7am-10pm with shifts of 6pm-10pm or 8am onwards, including for those who require school hours.

The role of a community care assistant includes:

• Providing support and care for our service users within their own homes
• Supporting and assisting with personal care
• Preparing meals and associated domestic tasks
• Administering medication
• Supporting your service user with their hobbies and social interests

We offer:

• Guaranteed hours; part-time and full-time contracts available with an hourly rate of £12.21
• 0-hour contracts with hourly rates of £13.00 per hour weekdays / £13.50 per hour weekends - paid for time spent with client
• Paid mileage of 40p per mile
• Paid training and DBS
• Ongoing opportunities for additional training and progression including Level 2 and 3 Diplomas
• Refer a Friend Bonus of £250
• New Wellbeing app for our carers to discuss any worries or issues with our trained mental health team - Our employees' mental health is important to us, and the launch of our new wellbeing app gives us an opportunity to connect with our care workers and discuss any issues they may be experiencing.
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores

There are many reasons to join our team, but here are our top five:

• Feeling of reward: There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week, or even month.
• Flexibility: We understand the importance of having a work-life balance.
• Variety: No day is ever the same, and this truly is a special part of working in care.
• Real qualifications: Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications. We also pay for your training courses as well as the time you spend training with us.
• Our perks: From competitive pay rates to market-leading mileage pay, and a fantastic management team with an open-door policy in our branches, there are plenty of reasons you'll love working with us.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others and meet the requirements outlined above, we would love to hear from you.

Our employees' mental health is important to us, and with the launch of our new wellbeing app, we provide an opportunity to connect with our care workers and discuss any issues they may be experiencing.

You will need to have a full driving license with access to your own car in order for us to process your application.

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