Community Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; Montrose; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NMW for training

Flexible hours

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Enhanced maternity/paternity

Career development

Holiday pay

Refer a friend

Employee assistance

Job summary

Prestige Nursing and Care Angus is seeking Community Care Assistants to support clients at home across Montrose, Kirriemuir and Forfar. You will perform personal care, assist with medications, and help with meals, ensuring safety and comfort.

We offer flexible shifts including zero-hour, with early 7am-2pm and 4pm-10pm patterns, driver required, onboarding training and a range of staff benefits such as pension and confidential Employee Assistance line.

Qualifications

• Experience desirable but not essential; full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to clients (showering, continence assistance) as required.
• Assist with medication administration and support clients with their medicines.
• Prepare meals and assist in daily living tasks to maintain clients’ independence.

Skills

Personal care

Medication support

Meal preparation

Job description

Job title

Community Care Assistant

Location

Montrose, Kirriemuir and Forfar

Hours / shifts

Zero Hour, full and part time shifts available

Hourly pay

13.45 weekdays, 13.83 weekends

Driver required

Yes

£500 Introductory Offer

£250 once completed onboarding and training; £250 on completion of 200 hours.

About Prestige Nursing and Care Angus

Our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for our clients.

What our client is looking for

We are looking for carers to support our clients to remain within their homes by providing support with:

• Personal care (showering, continence assistance)
• Medication support
• Meal preparation

4/3 working pattern

Week 1: Mon, Tues, Sat and Sun

Week 2: Wed, Thurs, Fri

Times: Shifts start at 7am-2pm and 4pm-10pm.

Enquiries welcome from those looking to work on a part time basis for mornings or evenings only, same shift pattern applies.

Due to client locations we require a driver for this role.

Do you need experience?

Experience desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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. #INDBAU24