Care Assistant/Companion - PAID travel and wait time

Home Instead Senior Care; Shaftesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Company Description

We are looking for people to join our amazing team of Care Professionals – do you want to support and help the elderly generation stay comfortably in their own homes, whilst still engaging and enjoying life?

Could you be that difference?

Hourly rate from: £12.00

Weekend rate: £12.50

Home Instead – do you want to work for an award-winning international home care provider whose focus is on supporting and enhancing the quality of life for our clients, through slow relationship-led care with companionship at the front of everything that we do?

Job Description

The Care Companion role includes:

• Visiting regular clients in their homes for a minimum of 1 hour to support with a variety of needs including, but not limited to meal preparation, emotional wellbeing, social events, and trips out in the community.
• Communicating with families and nurses as part of the care team if required.
• Being creative in ways that can help enhance and bring joy to someone’s life.
• Participating in quarterly team meetings to support each other in our roles.

Care Professional Benefits:

• Competitive rates of pay starting from £12.00ph to £13.00ph
• Weekend flat rate of £12.50ph
• Mileage paid at 45p
• Paid travel as well as wait times paid up to 1 hour
• Employee recognition with quarterly awards
• No uniform required, enabling better relationship-led care.
• Full training provided and paid for
• Nationally accredited ongoing learning and development
• Employee Assistance and Wellness Programme
• Shopping discounts for high street stores, restaurants, and lots more
• Pension Scheme with Nest

Qualifications:

• Full Driving Licence and means of transport is required.
• Fluent in writing and speaking English Language.
• Caring nature and good intentions.

Additional Information:

Do you find it rewarding to build someone’s confidence and truly listen to their life stories? Do you have a concern for older people in the community feeling isolated and lonely? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on 01985 988282 or email [e-mail].