Community Care Assistants

Forest Homecare Limited; Witham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage paid

Annual salary reviews

Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme

Employee Referral Scheme paying £100

Job summary

Forest Homecare Limited is seeking Community Care Assistants to work in Witham, Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. You will maintain service users’ independence and dignity, assist with personal care, meals, and light house tasks, while working a 6am–11pm shift pattern across four slots.

Full or part-time hours are available, including weekends. The role is varied and requires adaptability, common sense, and initiative.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; full paid training provided.

Responsibilities

• Help service users maintain independence and dignity.
• Assist with personal care (dressing, bathing, toileting).
• Support with meals and meals preparation.

Skills

Flexibility

Empathy

Time management

Job description

Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Witham, Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. As a Care assistant, you will need to have a professional, caring, and flexible approach.

Your main duties will include

• Helping our Service Users maintain their independence and dignity.
• Assisting our Service Users with all aspects of personal care such as dressing, undressing, bathing, and toileting.
• Supporting with preparing and serving meals.
• Maintaining the service user's physical environment including laundry, changing, and making beds, tidying, and light cleaning duties
• We provide care 365 days a year between the hours of 6 am to 11 pm and split this over 4 shifts (Morning, Lunch, Tea, and Bed).
• We can offer you full or part-time hours including every other weekend or one day every weekend.
• This role is varied, and every day is different, so being adaptable, and using your common sense and initiative are a 'must' for this role. You do not need to have worked as a Care Assistant before applying to us, but all experience in this field will help.

• Full or Part Time Hours with flexible shifts suitable for you
• Mileage paid
• Annual Salary reviews
• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme paying £100 per successful referral