Home Care Assistant

Prestige-Nursing-; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue light card

Flexible hours (zero-hour or fixed)

Development opportunities

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care in Ipswich is seeking a Home Care Assistant (HCA238) to support clients at home, assist with personal care, meal preparation, and medication administration. Shifts are between 16:30 and 22:00, with a driver required.

We offer flexible pay options, including zero-hour or contracted hours, and DBS checks as part of safe recruitment. Training and development opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Support clients in their own homes and assist with personal care
• Medication administration support
• Meal preparation and helping clients be independent
• Flexibility to work 16:30–22:00 shifts
• DBS/PVG checks will be completed before start

Responsibilities

• Support clients in their own homes
• Assist with personal care
• Assist with meal preparation
• Encourage independence

Skills

Driver's license

Job description

Home Care Assistant (HCA238) Ipswich, England

Salary: GBP13.2 - GBP13.6 per hour

Job Title - Home Care Assistant

Hours -Hours required between 16:30 - 22:00

Driver Required

Our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for our clients.

What we arelooking for:

Your role will include supporting clients in their own homes, administration of medication, supporting clients with personal care needs, supporting clients with meal preparation and supporting clients to be independent. Hours required between 16:30 - 22:00

Care experience is not required for this 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
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Holiday pay
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee Assistance line - available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

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

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.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

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.

We reserve the right to close this position early.