Experienced Care Assistant

Abbots Care; Broxbourne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid mileage

Paid training

Paid DBS

Refer a Friend bonus

Discounts on big brands

Refer a friend £200 bonus

Job summary

Abbots Care is looking for caring individuals to help clients live life to the fullest at home. You will visit service users, provide personal care, monitor health, and support independence within a Care Plan.

Shifts run 7am–2pm or 4pm–10pm, with alternate weekends. Competitive hourly rates apply, with mileage paid and ongoing training opportunities.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or above in Health and Social Care.
• Access to your own vehicle is required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Help people leave hospital and return home independently.
• Visit service users at home to provide care per the Care Plan.
• Administer medication, monitor vital signs, assist with exercises and domestic tasks.
• Liaise with medical professionals such as district nurses and pharmacies.

Skills

Own transport

Right to work in UK

Education

NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care

Job description

Looking for a job where you can help people to enjoy life again?

At Abbots Care we pride ourselves on changing people’s lives for the better, we are looking for people that could make a positive impact on the life of a vulnerable person.

Due to the nature of the role, you will need to have access to your own vehicle.

As we are not currently able to provide sponsorship you are required to have your own right to work in the UK in order to apply for this role.

Who are Abbots Care?

Founded in 1995 as a small family business, Abbots Careis now a multi award-winning, CQC rated Outstanding care provider with family values still very much at the heart of what we do.

As well as being committed to providing the very best care for our clients we make sure our staff have access to specialist training pathways, career development opportunities and well-being support.

The rolewill include tasks such as:

• Helping people to leave hospital as soon as is practicably possible and to safely transition back to living at home as independently as possible.
• Visiting Service Users in their own homes to provide appropriate care and support as defined in the Care Plan.
• All aspects of personal care, administering medication, monitoring of vital signs, exercise and domestic tasks if needed
• Liaising with medical proffessionals such as district nurses and pharmacies.

The aim is to rehabilitate and maximise potential, to support and enable Service Users in a range of activities to promote independent living and monitor their well-being.

Working hours are between 7am-10pm with shifts patterns of7am-2pm and 4pm-10pm which areinclusive of alternate weekends.

We offer high pay rates of £13.43ph on weekdays and £15.50ph on weekends.

* the hourly rate is subject to holding a NVQ level 2 or above in Health and Social Care

What we offer:

• Flexible contracts available of up to 40hours a week
• Paid mileage at 40p per mile
• Paid training and paid DBS
• Excellent career progression with ongoing paid training
• Ongoing opportunities for additional training and progression including Level 2 and 3 Diplomas and specialist training.
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme
• Discounts on big brands
• Refer a friend and recieve £200.00 per referral*

There are so many reasons to join our team, but these are our top five

Feeling of reward;

There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.

Flexibility:

We understand the importance of having a work life balance,

Variety:

No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.

Real qualifications;

Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us

Our perks;

There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an open-door policy in our branches

When you join Abbots Care, you join a family like no other. We pride ourselves on the quality of the staff we employ, and when you join us, you will receive the absolute best training and ongoing support to help you in your role.

*Terms and conditions apply

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