Professional Carer

Prestige Nursing & Care; Waldron; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Enhanced maternity/paternity schemes

Volunteer time off

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

24/7 support line

Out-of-hours support

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care Eastbourne is recruiting professional carers to support clients with domiciliary care in Newhaven and Peacehaven. You will help clients to live independently at home, including personal care, meal preparation, and companionship, with flexible hours and DBS checks.

Experience is not essential; comprehensive training is provided. A driver is required for this role, with pay at £13.66-£15.66 per hour and a range of staff benefits offered by the employer.

Qualifications

• Care experience is not essential for this role.
• DBS/PVG and right-to-work checks will be carried out in line with Government guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to clients in their own homes.
• Assist with household tasks to support daily living.
• Help with meal preparation and nutrition.
• Support with medication reminders and safety checks.
• Provide companionship to promote client well-being.

Skills

Driving

Job description

Location: Newhaven and Peacehaven

Pay: £13.66-£15.66 per hour

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

About Prestige Nursing and 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 clients 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


• companionship

It is designed for people who need extra assistance due to illness, disability, or age, whether it is 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


• 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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.