Home Care Assistant (Mornings)

Windrush Care Limited; Cheltenham; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Windrush Care Limited is seeking compassionate home carers in Cheltenham to provide essential support to older clients. With a focus on person-centred care and flexibility, the position offers a competitive hourly wage alongside comprehensive training and a supportive environment. If you have a genuine desire to help others, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Paid holidays

Online training

Free DBS check

Free uniform and PPE

Monthly pay

On-call support

Festive company events

Qualifications

• Genuine desire to care for others.
• Driving license and access to a vehicle.
• Resident in and around Gloucestershire.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care and support to older people.
• Engage in ongoing training and development.
• Maintain a flexible schedule around client needs.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

Patience

Job description

Windrush Care is looking for people of all backgrounds and experience to provide genuine person-centred care and much needed support to older people in the Cheltenham and North Cotswolds area. Windrush Care is a small, independent and family-owned business based in the centre of Cheltenham. We provide our services to a predominantly private group of clients whom are able to continue living in their own homes.

What we offer first and foremost to our existing and future home carers, is flexibility. Most of our other carers work around other jobs. family life and we truly believe in a healthy work-life balance.

We offer a competitive hourly wage of - £12.70 per hour (Mon-Fri) £14.70 per hour (Weekends) + enhancements for Bank holidays as well as 40p per mile (From home to first call and onwards, then back home)

We are currently offering a 20 hour per week contractfor candidates who have any availability between the hours below.

• 07.00am - 14.30pm

• Week 1 (Mon-Fri) / Week 2 - (3 days in week and weekend)

Extra hours are available if required,

What makes Windrush care stand out from the rest?

Whilst many of the benefits we offer can be found in other care companies, what we truly believe is that Windrush Care – cares! None of our carers are seen as just a number or a resource to drain. We support, encourage and promote our home carers so they flourish in their roles and in turn transfer this to great care of our clients.

What do we offer as part of your employment?

• Online training (learn at your own speed in the comfort of your sofa)

• Face to face training – Moving and Handling, Medication, Safeguarding and Emergency First Aid

• Specialist training and staff development are key goals for Windrush Care, access to specific training including Dementia, Palliative Care and Parkinson’s etc throughout your employment.

• Opportunity to complete QCF Level 2-5 in Adult Health and Social Care after 6 months of continued employment. (Dependent on role)

• Access to all training certificates after 6 months of continued employment at no cost to you.

• Paid holidays and Enhanced bank holiday rates

• Monthly pay

• On-call support 7 days a week, 24 hours a day + Supportive office team – open door policy.

• Free DBS check

• Free uniform and PPE

• Paid shadow shifts

• Festive company events – who doesn’t like a party?

• Ongoing support from our care management team whom are always at hand, even if it’s just for a chat

• Clear and concise pay scales…. with nothing hidden. For one hour of work – you will be paid our stated hourly rate (dependent on weekdays and weekends)

Simply put – What we say, we do. That is our promise to you.

If you or anyone you know is interested in working for a genuinely caring and supportive company, which encourages, supports and develops its staff, then please contact us: -

Email – [e-mail] or alternatively [e-mail]

Phone – [phone] to speak to one of our friendly office team.

Unfortunately, at this time, we do not offer sponsorship and cannot accept enquiries from outside the UK

• Right to work in UK

• Driving license and access to vehicle

• Genuine desire to care for others

• Reliable, compassionate, honest and patient

• To be resident in and around Gloucestershire