Weekend Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care company as a Care Assistant, providing meaningful support to clients in their homes. The role involves helping with personal care and everyday tasks, ensuring clients live safely and comfortably. No prior experience is needed; the ideal candidate should be compassionate and eager to learn.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and wellbeing platform

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Eligible for Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• No prior social care experience required, but compassion is essential.
• Willingness to learn new skills and develop knowledge as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to live safer and supported lives in their own homes.
• Assist with personal care, helping clients with bathing, dressing, and medication.
• Help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes, and housework.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Job description

£12.65 per hour weekdays and £12.75 per hour at the weekend

Pay Rate: £12.65 per hour weekdays and £12.75 per hour at the weekend

Travel time: £11.44 per hour plus 28p mileage

Shifts available:Flexible hours that work for you.

Access to vehicle required:Access to vehicle required due to geographical location of role

What we offer

We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, downs, and curveballs. With a career as a Care Assistant, every day will be different to the next. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our client’s lives and your career.

What you’ll get

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and wellbeing platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligible for Blue Light Card, with access to more than 15,000 discounts nationwide.

Job Description

What you’ll do

Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role. We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care. You’ll need to be resilient too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.

City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.