Part Time Care Assistant - Dunfermline

Home Instead Senior Care; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Home Instead Senior Care is seeking Care Assistants to join their team in Dunfermline and surrounding areas. This rewarding role involves providing personalized care and support to clients in their homes, fostering independence through companionship and daily assistance with tasks. Full training is offered, and various hours and contracts are available to accommodate different lifestyles. A valid UK driver's licence is essential for travel between clients' homes.

Benefits

Award-winning training

Paid PVG check

Paid Business Mileage

Free SVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care Qualification

Employee referral bonus

Access to discounts for big brand stores and utility providers

Qualifications

• No prior experience or specific qualifications needed.
• Must hold a valid UK driver's licence.
• Encouragement for individuals from diverse professional backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship-led care to clients.
• Assist with shopping and general household tasks.
• Travel between clients' homes, ensuring personalized support.

Skills

Communication

Companionship

Organizational skills

Tools

Vehicle

Job description

Company Description

THIS ROLE IS UK BASED AND THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK WILL NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

Home Insteadis the world’s leading provider of home care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

Job Description

Here at Home Instead West Fife and Kinross, we are looking to grow our team of Care Assistants, with a variety ofhours and different contract options available.

We provide award-winning home care of the highest quality. Care Assistants are known as Care Professionalswithin Home Instead and the care and support our Care Professionals deliver is designed to allow our clients to live independently in their own homes.

You do not need any experience or qualifications to become a Care Professional and we encourage people from different sectors to apply, whether that is: retail, hospitality, childcare, customer service, delivery driving. We provide training and support from the start.

Care Professionalbenefits:

• Award winning training
• Paid PVG check
• Excellent rates of pay starting from £13.20per hour
• Variety of hours/ contracts available to fit around your lifestyle and commitments.
• Paid Business Mileage
• Full learning and development programme
• Free SVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care Qualification
• Care Professionalsocial events
• Employee referral bonus
• Career progression and personal development opportunities
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Access to discounts for big brand stores, utility providers and more

What does being a Care Professional involve?

• Minimum 1-hour visits
• Introductions to all new clients
• Care Professionalsmatched to clients based on personality, background,hobbies and interests.
• Companionship lead care service
• Shopping, general household tasks and preparing fresh food – from scratch!
• Buildingstrong professional relationships
• Variety on non-medical services to help the client stay as independent as possible in their own home

Day range:

A variety of personalised schedules to choose from, Monday to Friday and alternate weekends

Location

Dunfermline & surrounding areas

Qualifications

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.This role is subject toenhanced criminal record checks.

You will be required to travel between our client's homes; therefore, a valid UK driver's licence and access to a vehicle would be essential.

Additional Information

We are actively recruiting now, if you're looking for a rewarding career which is extremely worthwhile and satisfactory and has a high degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs,please 'click apply', or contact us on 01383 668866 as we would love to hear from you!