Community Care Workers - Dungiven

Northern Advisory Council for Further Education; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent hourly rate of pay

Mileage paid

Annual leave on a pro rata basis

Paid training and mentoring

Flexible working hours

Child-friendly hours

Internal career progression

Recommend a Friend incentive

Job summary

Northern Advisory Council for Further Education is looking for Home Care Assistants in Dungiven to provide essential support to individuals in their homes. This role requires compassion and dedication to enhance the quality of life for Service Users.

No prior training or qualifications are necessary, as NWCare offers comprehensive in-house training. Both full-time and part-time rotas are available, ensuring flexibility for candidates.

If you're interested in a rewarding career in care, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Compassionate and dedicated with a genuine desire to help others.
• Able to promote dignity and respect when delivering care.
• Must have a full driving license and access to a motor vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential support to individuals in their homes.
• Ensure comfort, safety, and well-being of Service Users.
• Attend to Service Users' needs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to promote person-centered care

Organized and professional demeanor

Education

QCF level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

NWCare is a Northern Ireland based company - we DO NOT offer sponsorship

NWCare is one of Northern Ireland's leading domiciliary care agencies, serving the community for over 50 years.

Job Overview

Due to expansion of service, we are seeking compassionate and dedicated Home Care Assistants to join our team. In this role, you will provide essential support to individuals in their homes, ensuring their comfort, safety, and well-being. The ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills, be attentive to Service Users' needs, and have a genuine desire to make a positive difference in people's lives. These positions offer an opportunity to work in a rewarding environment where your efforts directly enhance the quality of life for those in your care.

We are recruiting home care assistants to cover both full time and part time rotas in Dungiven. No training or qualifications are required as NWCare provides full bespoke training in their in-house training academy.

We work a 4/3 rota pattern – Week 1 Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday – Week 2 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

We have morning and afternoon rotas available beginning 07:00 – 18:30.

For mums with no childcare or for students who are at college/university during the day, the bed rotas offer a flexible option to earn extra money.

We offer all of our staff:

• Excellent hourly rate of pay
• Mileage paid
• Annual leave on a pro rata basis
• NISCC - Post registration training learning
• Online learning
• Training academies throughout Northern Ireland
• Practical paid training
• CPD approved certificate for training
• QCF Levels 2, 3 and 5 qualifications
• Internal career progression
• Paid shadowing
• Mentoring arrangements
• Flexible working hours – full time and part time morning, afternoon, evenings and late rotas
• Child friendly hours – put to bed rotas to suit mums and students
• Running 4/3 rotas both full time and part time available
• Experienced care company serving the community for over 50 years
• Recommend a Friend incentive – any of our staff who recommend someone who comes to work for NWCare will receive a voucher (no limit to number)

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted

Qualifications and Requirements

• Full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle
• Able to promote and deliver person centred care
• Able to promote dignity and respect when delivering care
• Be well organised / professional / caring
• Interested in working in the community within Health and Social Care
• Care about the community they live in
• QCF level 3 in H & SC

Equal Opportunities Statement

NWCare is an equal opportunities employer. NWCare wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.