Home Carer

Applefields School; Leyburn; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay at £15.00–£16.00 per hour

Paid overtime

Mileage £0.25 per mile

Pension contribution

20 days holiday + BHs + 5 days long‑s…

Sick Pay entitlement

Company car available

Job summary

Premiere Care in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, invites caring individuals to join the team as hourly carers. The role offers permanent employment with full-time hours, paying £15.00 per hour, rising to £16.00 per hour for overtime. Full training is provided and a UK driving licence is required.

You'll work as part of a supportive care team, document care notes on Birdie, and benefit from pension contributions, sick pay, and paid holidays. Join us to make a meaningful difference in clients’ lives.

Qualifications

• Previous care experience is useful, but not essential as full training and support is provided.
• A full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide clients with personal care including bathing, dressing and assisting with eating.
• Assist with shopping, cooking and preparing meals.
• Support clients with taking medication.
• Occasional household duties such as bed making, laundry, ironing and light cleaning.
• Promote client independence and activity appropriate to their abilities.
• Write accurate care notes on Birdie via your smartphone.
• Follow safe working practices.

Tools

Birdie app

Job description

Salary:£15.00 per hour to £16.00 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours/Working Pattern: Full Time

About Us

Premiere Care are looking for dedicated hourly carers living in and around the Leyburn area to join their team.

We are a family run business founded in 2001 and based in Leyburn, North Yorkshire recruiting hourly care workers. We are CQC registered and at our last audit we were rated 'Good'. We're offering the opportunity to work with an excellent company, with a friendly office support team, great team of carers and increasing amounts of work. We truly value our customers and support them to live a fulfilling life, making the most of their capacity and potential. We think this work is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world; if you agree and have a good work ethic, common sense and you are a caring person, then we really want to hear from you.

Job Description

• Provide clients with personal care that may include: bathing and showering, oral care, toileting, dressing and assisting with eating
• Support clients with essential things like shopping, cooking and preparing meals
• Support clients with taking medication
• Occasional household duties that may include: bed making, laundry, ironing and some light cleaning
• Promote client independence and activity appropriate to their abilities
• Work as part of a care team
• Communicate effectively with the care coordinator team and clients
• Write accurate care notes on our online system called Birdie via your smartphone
• Follow safe working practices

Previous care experience is useful, but not essential as full training and support is provided.

A full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Benefits include:

• Pay at £15.00 per hour (£16.00 if you work more than your monthly contracted hours)
• Paid overtime
• Mileage at £0.25 per mile (% of £0.30 claimed back from HMRC)
• Pension contribution
• 20 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays and 5 days long service leave.
• Sick Pay entitlement
• Company car available for work use

*It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.*

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

Together we can Make Care Matter.

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