Female Live-In Carer - Barry

Bluebird Care; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking kind and caring individuals to join their team as Live-In Carers in Cardiff. This role involves providing essential personal care, medication support, and companionship to help clients maintain their independence in their own homes. The ideal candidates will have experience in complex care and a genuine passion for helping others. With a supportive work environment that values compassion and teamwork, this opportunity offers flexible contracts and various benefits, making it an excellent choice for those looking to make a meaningful impact in their community.

Benefits

£760 - £990 weekly salary

35p mileage allowance

Paid DBS

Paid Social Care Wales Registration

Blue Light Card

Paid Induction Training

Paid Annual Leave

Monthly Bonus Scheme

Flexible contract with guaranteed hours

Monthly Staff Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in complex care and personal care is essential.
• Candidates must be compassionate, caring, and patient.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and medication prompting.
• Assist with housekeeping, meal preparation, and shopping.
• Offer companionship and promote customer well-being.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Complex Care Experience

Personal Care

Medication Management

Manual Handling

Job description

Please note you must already be living in the UK with a valid right to work in order to apply for this position.

We are looking for kind and caring people to join our team of Live in Carers in the Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan areas. We are looking for applicants who are experienced in Complex Care and have previous care experience.

As a Live-In Carer you will be there to be a companion, but also to help the customer remain independent in their own home and cherish all the memories they’ve made there.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care
• Prompting medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full.
• Housekeeping
• Meal preparation
• Shopping
• Social Outings
• Offering our customers companionship

Live-in Carers are matched to our customers to ensure our customers and you get along so the most important thing to us is that you are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if they were their own family.

Work Pattern

1 week on / 1 week off

*Please note this position requires candidates to be able to commit to working away from home for 7 days at a time. You will receive a 2 hour unpaid break during each working day.

Benefits

• £760 -£990 a week (dependant on the care package)
• 35p mileage allowance
• Paid DBS
• Paid Social Care Wales Registration
• Blue Light Card
• Paid Induction Training & Shadowing
• Paid Annual Leave
• Monthly Bonus Scheme
• 0 hour flexible contract with Guaranteed Hours contract offered after 6 month probation period
• Monthly Staff Awards
• Staff Social Events

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.

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Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions.