Health Care Assistant - Shildon

Perfect Care Ltd; Shildon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring services provider in Shildon is seeking Domiciliary Care Assistants to support clients in their homes. Responsibilities include providing companionship, assisting with personal care, and helping with daily tasks. The role offers flexible shifts and does not require prior care experience. Employees can benefit from paid mileage, competitive pay, career development support, and annual pay reviews.

Benefits

Paid mileage of 30p per mile

£13 per hour

Early Pay App

£300 for referring a friend

Holiday entitlement and pension scheme

Support for nationally recognised qualifications

Blue Light Card for discounts

Annual pay reviews

Qualifications

• Right to Work in the UK is required.
• No previous care experience is necessary.
• Flexibility to work various shifts including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and support to clients.
• Assist with personal care and mobility.
• Help with household tasks and errands.

Skills

Adaptability

Kind-heartedness

Companionship skills

Personal care support

Medication oversight

Job description

Being a Domiciliary Care Assistant means you need to be adaptable, kind-hearted and put others first. Your role may include:

• Providing companionship
• Support with personal care such as showering, bathing and toileting
• Helping with mobility around the home
• Overseeing medication and providing medical support
• Helping around the house with cleaning, cooking and tidying
• Running errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions

Since 2012, we've supported adults and children of all ages to maintain their independence and stay in the place they know and love. Because, life is better at home.

We're looking for people who are passionate about care, and who want to help others to join our amazing teams. We don't require you to have any previous social care experience, what we do need from you is to have the Right to Work in the UK, as we are NOT able to offer visas. If you're looking for a job that can be flexible around your lifestyle there are a variety of shift patterns available to work in mornings, afternoons, evenings or weekends, we offer shifts of 7am - 3pm or 3pm - 10pm and do require alternate weekend availability.

Benefits

• Paid mileage of 30p per mile between calls
• £13 per hour
• Early Pay App - request up to 50% of your pay in advance of pay day
• Earn up to £300 for referring a friend
• Our care assistants are directly employed by us giving you access to holiday entitlement and our pension scheme
• Support to complete nationally recognised qualifications including your Care Certificate and NVQs. Your career development is important to us if you want to progress, we can help!
• Blue Light Card - national discount card for hundreds of retailers
• Annual pay reviews based on cost of living