Community Care Assistant

Abbots Care; Tring, Dacorum; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid mileage 40p per mile

Paid training and DBS

Refer a Friend Bonus £250

Wellbeing app for carers

Blue Light Discount

Job summary

Abbott's Care is recruiting Community Care Assistants to provide home-based care in Tring, Aylesbury and Berkhamsted. No prior care experience is required as in-house training is provided. You will visit service users in their homes, assist with personal care, meals and activities, and may administer medications.

Full driving licence with access to your own car is required. Flexible hours are available, with guaranteed hours or zero-hour contracts and mileage paid.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; in-house training provided.
• Must have full driving licence with access to own car.
• Role involves supporting with personal care, meals, medication and activities.

Responsibilities

• Providing support and care for service users in their own homes.
• Supporting and assisting with personal care.
• Preparing meals and domestic tasks.
• Administering medication.
• Supporting service users with hobbies and social interests.

Skills

Driving licence

Job description

Community Care Assistant – Tring

Abbott's 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.

We are recruiting for community care assistants to join our teams providing care in people's own homes in Aylesbury, Tring and Berkhamsted. Previous experience in care is not necessary as paid comprehensive training is provided by our in-house training department.

Responsibilities include:

• 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

You will need to have a full driving licence with access to your own car.

Our working hours are between 7am-10pm including alternate weekends but can be flexible on request. Flexible hours between 7am-10pm with shifts of 6pm-10pm or 8am onwards and for those who may require school hours are available.

We offer:

• Guaranteed hours; part time and full time contracts available with an hourly ratea of £12.82 weekdays and £14.00 weekends
• 0 Hour contracts with hourly rates of £13.00 per hour weekdays / £15.00 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 £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 with the launch of our new wellbeing app gives us an opportunity to connect with our care workers and discuss any issues they may been experiencing
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores

Top five reasons to join us:

• 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 course as well as the time you have spent training with us.
• Our perks: There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay.

We have a fantastic management team and operate an open-door policy in our branches.