Home Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care is seeking experienced Home Care Assistants in Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre to provide essential support to individuals with various health needs. The role includes personal care, medication administration, and social engagement support, with flexible working arrangements available.

Benefits

Paid training and shadow shifts

Zero-hour contract or contracted hours

No agency work

Blue Light Card

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Refer a Friend scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Line

Support from local branch team

Qualifications

• Experience is required for the role.
• Good professional and personal references necessary.
• Full UK driver's licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of personal care.
• Assist with meal preparation and feeding.
• Administer medication and support social engagement.

Skills

Personal care

Meal preparation

Medication administration

Moving and assisting

Pressure area care

Social engagement support

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Home Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care Blackpool are looking for experienced Home Care Assistants to join the team, to provide additional care services across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. Our domiciliary care visits provide support to individuals with a variety of different health and care needs.

What we are looking for

Support tasks include all aspects of personal care, meal preparation, feeding, medication administration, moving and assisting, pressure area care, and supporting with social engagement.

Experience is required for the role

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most
• Work with our own clients, no agency work
• Blue Light Card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Employee Assistance Line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our colleagues and their loved ones
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support
• A full UK driver’s licence
• Good professional and personal references

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply today.

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.

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.

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.

You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.