Professional Carer

Prestige Nursing Ltd; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

National Minimum Wage for training/sha

Zero-hour or contracted hours

Work with our own clients

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Enhanced family leave schemes

Continued professional development

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line 24/7

Out of hours support

Job summary

Prestige Nursing Ltd is recruiting for a Professional Carer to provide high-quality home care to clients in Newhaven & Peacehaven. The role focuses on enabling clients to live independently at home, with support for personal care, daily tasks and wellbeing.

No prior care experience is required, but applicants must be able to pass checks and safeguarding requirements. A driver is required for this position and the role offers flexible hours with inclusion in the branch team.

Qualifications

• Care experience is not essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Support a client with domiciliary/home care in the client’s own home.
• Assist with personal care, household tasks, meal preparation, medication reminders, and companionship.

Job description

Job title: Professional Carer

Location: Newhaven & Peacehaven

Pay: £13.66-£15.66 per hour

Due to client requirements, we require a driver for this role.

About Prestige Nursing & Care Eastbourne

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 are looking for

We are looking for professional carers to support client with Domiciliary care. Domiciliary care is support provided to individuals in their own homes, empowering them to live independently for as long as possible, while ensuring their safety, well-being, and quality of life are maintained. Also known as home care, it can include support with personal care, household tasks, meal preparation, medication support/reminders, and companionship. It is designed for people who need extra assistance to illness, disability, or age, whether it’s for short-term convalescence or long-term support.

Do you need experience?

Care experience is not essential 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

• Pension scheme

• 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.

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