Social Care Worker

Bluebird Care Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local home care provider is seeking a care assistant to support elderly and vulnerable clients while promoting their wellbeing. This role requires a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle, but no prior experience is necessary as full training will be provided. The successful candidate will be responsible for personal care, administering medication, and various domestic tasks. Competitive pay and additional benefits are included.

Benefits

Paid travel time

Paid mileage

Enhanced bank holiday rate

Investment in career development

Full induction training

Dementia training

Variety of shift patterns

Refer a friend bonus

Health cover cashback scheme

28 days paid holiday

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Full and valid UK driving licence required.
• Access to a vehicle necessary.
• Right to work in the UK; no sponsorship available.
• No experience necessary as full training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Perform personal care duties.
• Administer medication to clients.
• Engage in manual handling as needed.
• Promote health and wellbeing of clients.
• Provide companionship and assist with activities.
• Prepare and cook nutritious meals for clients.
• Handle shopping and domestic tasks.
• Work every other weekend or one day every weekend.

Skills

Excellent level of English

Job description

Overview

Bluebird Care are proud to be rated outstanding by the CQC. A rating that was awarded to us due to the way we care for both our staff and our customers.

While Bluebird Care is a national home care provider, our office is a locally owned family business, run separately to other branches.

What we do

We're committed to keeping elderly and vulnerable people living in the comfort of their own homes, as an alternative to residential care. This means you do need to drive and have your own vehicle to work for us.

While many companies only pay care assistants for contact time, we believe you should be paid for every minute you work, so we pay for both travel time and mileage.

On average, travel time equates to 10% of your working time. Put simply, working for a company that doesn't pay travel time means you'll be unpaid for 10% of every working day.

Responsibilities of a care assistant

• Personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting customer health and wellbeing
• Companionship and help with activities/appointments
• Plan, prepare and cook nutritious meals
• Shopping and domestic tasks around the home
• Working every other weekend, or one day every weekend

To become a care assistant, you need

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car/vehicle
• Right to work in the UK (unfortunately we cannot provide sponsorship)
• No experience as full training is provided
• Excellent level of English
• To be aged 18+

In addition to a secure and stable career, we offer

• £13-£14p/hr (based on experience)
• PAIDtravel time (£12.22 p/hr)
• PAIDmileage
• Enhanced bank holiday rate
• Significant investment in your career development (up to £5,000 within your first two years)
• National qualifications in health & social care
• Defined career pathway
• Full induction training and ongoing support
• Dementia training as standard
• Full-time & part-time opportunities
• Variety of shift patterns (inc. some weekend hours)
• Term-time contracts for working parents
• Refer a friend (up to £250 per person)
• Refer a customer (up to £100 per customer)
• Health cover cashback scheme (over £1,000 per year)
• Funded Blue Light Card membership
• 28 days paid holiday(pro rata)
• Length of service benefit
• Free uniform
• Vehicle repairs discounts
• Use of company car(if you break down)
• Contribution to DBS check