Community Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing Ltd; Leven; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday pay

Blue light card

Flexible hours (zero-hour or contract)

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care is seeking a Community Care Assistant to support clients in Levenmouth and surrounding areas. The role involves personal care, medication prompts, meal prep and companionship within clients’ homes, with full training provided.

Applicants must have a full UK driver’s licence and access to their own vehicle. Flexible hours include full-time, part-time and bank shifts, with opportunities to join a dedicated local team and access development support.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Full UK driver’s licence with access to own vehicle.
• Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, medication prompt/assist, and meal preparation.
• Deliver companionship and support to clients in their own homes.
• Follow care plans and maintain professional standards.

Skills

Excellent communication

Driver’s licence

Job description

Job Title – Community Care Assistant

Location – Levenmouth, Cupar, Tayport, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Burntisland and Dunfermline areas

Hours / shifts – Full-Time/Part-Time and Bank required

Hourly pay – £13.45 – £16.83 per hour

** £500 Introductory Offer**

£250 once completed onboarding and training; £250 on completion of 100 hours.

About Prestige Nursing & Care Fife

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.

What our client is looking for:

Prestige Nursing and Care Fife require Care Assistants who are drivers with access to their own vehicles to provide high quality care within the community. This will include personal care, medication prompt/assist, meal prep and companionship throughout. Female only in certain areas due to service user requests. No experience necessary as full training will be provided.

We’re looking for:

• Excellent communication skills
• A full UK driver’s licence with access to their own vehicle
• 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.