Domiciliary Care Worker – Evenings and Weekends

Prestige Nursing; Crownhill; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A home care provider in Crownhill seeks Professional Carers to deliver high-quality support for individuals in their homes. The role includes personal care, administering medication, and providing companionship. Candidates should have at least 3 months of paid experience and be flexible with working hours. Various hours are available with competitive pay and benefits including holiday pay and a free DBS check.

Benefits

Holiday pay

Free DBS

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance line – available 24/7

Paid time off to volunteer

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 months of paid experience as a Professional Carer.
• Flexible availability for evenings and weekends is essential.
• Professional Employment References required.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care tasks.
• Prompt and administer medication.
• Prepare and encourage fluids and nutrition.
• Assist with activities of daily living and social outings.
• Provide companionship and emotional support.
• Perform light domestic duties and shopping trips.
• Maintain and update care records.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Kind & Empathetic

Trustworthy & Reliable

Proactive & Positive Nature

Tools

Full UK driver's licence & Business Insurance

Job description

Overview

Plymouth area – £12.80 – £19.20 per hour – Weekly Pay / Free DBS / Holiday Pay

Various Hours Available – across Plymouth & surrounding areas

Are you an experienced carer who has a passion to provide first class care to individuals in their own home, supporting them to maintain their independence as much as possible?

Do you want to grow in your career with dedicated support behind you from your local branch team?

We have exciting vacancies within our local team for more Professional Carers to join us in our passion to provide the best possible care for the people we support. There is also the option to move in more Complex Care dependent on experience too.

About us

The Plymouth branch opened in 1997 and the most important thing to us is that people we support, and our care team are happy. We are a friendly and supportive team with quality at the forefront of everything we do.

We will work with you, providing exceptional training and support so that you can go to work and do what you do best, without any worries or uncertainty.

Your role will include

• Supporting with personal care tasks
• Prompting and administering medication
• Preparing & Encouraging Fluids & Nutrition
• Assisting with activities of daily living & social outings
• Companionship & Emotional Support
• Light Domestic Duties & Shopping Trips
• Maintaining and updating care records

We’re looking for

• Paid previous experience as a Professional Carer – minimum of 3 months experience
• Flexible availability for evenings and at least every-other weekend is essential
• Excellent communication skills
• A full UK driver’s licence & Business Insurance
• Kind & Empathetic
• Trustworthy & Reliable
• Proactive & Positive Nature
• Professional Employment References.

What we offer

• Holiday pay
• Free DBS
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Refer a friend scheme
• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS/PVG, right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.