Community Care Assistant

Abbots Care; Willesden; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage pay (45p per mile)

Inhouse training & DBS

Wellbeing app & rewards

Blue Light Discount

Job summary

Abbots Care Ltd is seeking kind and compassionate community care assistants to support clients in Dorset and surrounding areas, including Ferndown and Wimborne. You will travel to clients' homes, provide personal care, assist with meals, and support daily activities with a person-centered approach.

Role requires a full UK driving licence and the right to work in the UK. We offer training, DBS, and opportunities for ongoing professional development, with paid mileage and flexible hours between

Qualifications

• Empathy and patient-centred approach.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Ability to work independently in clients' homes.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and administer medication as required.
• Support clients with social activities and hobbies.
• Assist with meal preparation and domestic tasks.
• Offer companionship and build trust with service users.

Skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Driving licence

Job description

Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary care company 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 a small family-run sister branch of one of the leading care providers in the UK. We pride ourselves on offering a unique and person-centred service tailored precisely to each of our service users' needs. Abbots Care are seeking kind and compassionate members of our local community to join our expanding team in Dorset and surrounding areas, such as Ferndown and Wimborne and surrounding areas. Due to the nature of the role and being community based in and around Dorset you will need to have a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle, as well the right to work in the UK.

The Role of a community care assistant includes

• Providing personal care including administering of medication
• Supporting our clients with social activities
• Assisting with meal preparation
• Supporting with domestic tasks within their homes
• Offering ongoing companionship to our clients
• Supporting your clients with their hobbies and social interests

What Abbots Care Dorset can offer you

• Hourly rate of £13.35 with guaranteed hours
• Fantastic rates of pay with paid mileage of 45 pence (Highest in the area)
• Flexible hours and working patterns
• Full and part time hours available between 7am - 10pm
• Guaranteed hours whether we give you care calls or notFull Inhouse paid training and DBS
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores
• Paid ongoing development and Diplomas
• Access to our brand-new Care Worker Wellbeing App and Rewards

There are so many reasons to join our team, but these 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 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.

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. We also offer flexibility within our roles to cater to each employee's needs, whether that be to work around family time or other commitments.

Employees have the option of contracts up to 40hrs with salaries of £26,665.60 per annum depending on their availability.