Community Care Worker | Newtownabbey

Optimum Care Group; Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 17,908 - 22,041; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£300 Joining Bonus

Excellent Pay Rate - £13.20 per hour

Paid Training, Mileage & Induction

Bank Holiday rates up to £26.40ph

Market-leading training

Permanent Contract

Free Uniform

Refer a Caring Friend Bonus

Daily office support

Career progression opportunities

Company Pension

Job summary

Optimum Care Group is seeking a Community Care Worker in Newtownabbey. The role involves assisting clients at home, providing personal care, meals, and medication support, with day and evening shifts and guaranteed hours under a permanent contract.

You will join a team delivering high-quality community care, with paid training, mileage reimbursement, a joining bonus, and ongoing support from the office. A full driving licence and car are essential.

Qualifications

• Desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home.
• Full driving licence and access to a car and insurance for business use.
• Own mobile phone for communication and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing or dressing.
• Provide refreshments and light snacks.
• Promptly administer medication.
• Assist with light cleaning, shopping, laundry and general household tasks.
• Support safe client movement using manual handling aids as required.
• Provide care sitting to give respite to family or carers.
• Encourage independence and respect client dignity.

Skills

Full driving licence

Access to a car

Car insurance for business

Own mobile phone

Desire to care for vulnerable adults

Job description

Northern Ireland's Leading Health & Social Care Organisation

Job Details

Job: Community Care Worker

Location: Newtownabbey

£13.20 ph

Hourly Rate

30p

mileage

£300

Joining Bonus

Job Type: Full or Part-time

Role: Permanent

Shifts: Day & Evening

Annual Leave: 5.6 weeks Pro Rata

Your Benefits

• £300 Joining Bonus
• Excellent Pay Rate - £13.20 per hour
• Paid Training, Mileage & Induction
• Highest Bank Holiday rates - up to £26.40ph
• Market leading training
• Permanent Contract
• Free Uniform
• Refer a Caring Friend Bonus
• Daily support from the office team
• Career Progression Opportunities
• Company Pension

Closing Date: Friday 31st July 2026

About the role

Are you looking for a rewarding role in care where your work is valued?

Join our Community Care team. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in you as a Carer as you are the backbone of our community services. We invest heavily in providing you with quality training and continuing support.

Why join us?

• £300 Joining bonus – paid after 3 months in your role
• Excellent pay rates – £13.20 per hour
• Highest Bank Holiday rates – up to £26.40ph
• Market-leading training – our staff comment on how they feel most equipped to do their job after receiving our specialised training
• Permanent contract with guaranteed hours (No zero-hour contracts)
• Eligible to apply for a Blue Light Discount card
• No upfront cost for your Enhanced Access NI
• Free uniform
• Refer a Caring Friend scheme – £200 bonus
• Quick turnaround for interview and induction
• Career progression & further education opportunities
• Daily support from the office team

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing.
• Provide refreshments and light snacks.
• Prompt and administer medication.
• Assist with practical support such as light cleaning, fire lighting, and shopping, dish-washing, laundry, cleaning and maintaining spectacles, false teeth and hearing aids.
• Assist client to move safely which may require the use of moving and handling aids such as. hoists and slide sheets.
• Provide a care sitting service to give respite to other carers such as family members.
• Encourage and promote client independence and choice, and uphold client rights and dignity.

Do you meet the Essential Criteria?

• Having the desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home
• Full driving licence
• Access to a car & car insurance in connection with business
• Access to own mobile phone

Shift Patterns

Day Shift: 7am – 6pm Evening Shift: 6pm – 11pm

• to provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Please note: Applicants within the last 6 months need not re-apply.

A satisfactory Enhanced AccessNI check will be required for this post The Optimum Care Group of companies, as per the Access NI Code of Practice, has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents along with the Access NI Code of Practice are available upon request by contacting the HR Department. If successful please be aware that we have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. Our Policy states that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to fully and accurately disclose all criminal convictions will lead to the withdrawal of the offer.

We will only seek references after an offer of employment is accepted. We may seek references from your previous employers if one from your current/most recent employer is unobtainable. Please note we are required to obtain a reference from all previous employments within Health & Social Care. Please complete reference details in full.

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Optimum Care, Optimum Nurse & MD Healthcare are part of the Optimum Care Group of companies.

Head Office

Optimum Care Group | Movilla House | 2 Berkshire Road | Newtownards | BT23 7HH

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