Domiciliary Care Assistant - Wellington

Bluebird Care; Telford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate and caring individuals to join their team as Care Assistants. This role involves providing personal care and support to customers in their homes, ensuring their health and well-being. You will receive comprehensive training and mentorship, allowing you to thrive in a flexible work environment that respects your personal commitments. With a competitive hourly rate and generous perks, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others while enjoying a supportive team atmosphere.

Benefits

Excellent hourly rate

Mileage allowance

28 days holiday pro rata

Full training induction

Ongoing training and support

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Smartphone technology

Free uniform

Qualifications

• Must possess a full and valid UK driving licence and access to a car.
• Excellent level of English is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care duties and administer medication.
• Promote customer health and well-being, enabling them to live fully.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Communication

Job description

We’re committed to keeping people in the comfort of their own home, so we help with anything from everyday tasks around our customers’ homes through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full

Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role

It’s isn’t about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.

But don’t panic, we’ll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers so it’s important that you feel equipped for the role.

You Must Have

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car
• Right to work in the UK
• Excellent level of English

Because We Care About You

We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. You can choose between full-time or part-time work; all you have to do is simply tell us your availability. Although we try to be flexible where we can, we do require you to be flexible with us too, that’s why we will require you to work between hours of 7am - 3pm or 2pm - 10pm.

We Can’t Care For Our Customers If We Don’t Take Care Of Our Team So To Make This Possible, We Offer

• An excellent rate of £14.00 per hour
• 35p mileage allowance + NMW for travel time
• 28 days holiday pro rata
• Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
• Ongoing training and support
• Flexible working
• Pension scheme
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Free uniform

But not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, whether it's your birthday, Christmas, awards or simply because it’s a Thursday. We’re a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow and every other day after that.