Widnes Community Care Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Widnes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of homecare services as a Community Care Assistant. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable adults in your community. With flexible working hours and a supportive management team, you'll provide essential care and companionship while enjoying a work-life balance. Benefit from ongoing training, career progression opportunities, and a range of employee perks. If you're passionate about caring for others and want to be part of a dedicated team, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

High street discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Blue Light Card benefit

Access to company pool cars

Comprehensive induction and training

Opportunities for development

28 days leave including bank holidays

Supportive management team

Qualifications

• Genuine desire to care for vulnerable adults.
• Ability to assist with personal care and domestic duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to vulnerable adults in their homes.
• Assist with meal preparation, medication, and companionship.

Skills

Communication Skills

Reliability

Compassion

Common Sense

Education

Care Certificate

First Aid Certification

Job description

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Are you passionate, caring, conscientious, and reliable? Have you considered a career in care? MerseyCare Julie Ann is recruiting Social Care Workers in the Widnes area!

About the Role

As a Community Care Assistant, you will provide the highest standards of care for our service users throughout the day, understand their care needs, and support and engage with them. You will work on a rota pattern that you will receive in advance to help you plan ahead and create a good work-life balance. Your work pattern will entail day shifts between 7 am and 10 pm.

We operate in Widnes and surrounding areas.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As the contracted provider for Halton Council, we are looking for:

• Reliable, hard-working people with a genuine desire to care
• Providing care and support to vulnerable adults within their own homes
• Visiting our service users to assist with tasks, from light domestic duties to full personal care
• Visiting a number of regular service users within the area
• Assisting with meal preparation, medication administration, laundry, light domestic duties, bathing, dressing, and continence requirements
• You will also provide much-needed companionship to people within our community
• You will need a good sense of humor and a great deal of common sense. The successful applicant will demonstrate their communication skills and ability to work in partnership with the service users

Please note this role is also known as Carer, Care Assistant, Care Worker, and Domiciliary Care Assistant.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Hours of work: Full and part-time shifts will entail day shifts between 7 am and 10 pm and weekend working.

About Company

MerseyCare Julie Ann is one of the leading providers of homecare services in the North West.

We are celebrating over 20 years of care in Merseyside. We pride ourselves on delivering only the highest standards of care for our clients, in their own homes.

MCJA supports clients in Liverpool and Widnes, including areas such as Allerton, Mossley Hill, Garston, Aigburth, Toxteth, Dingle, City Centre, Fairfield, Kensington, Anfield, Everton, Vauxhall, Kirkdale, Wavertree, Speke, Woolton, and Hunts Cross.

DE&I

Services will be sensitive to the needs and wishes of individual service users, taking into account a person’s disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, culture, race, language, or religion. MCJA is committed to actively supporting equal opportunities for our care team, clients, and all stakeholders.

• High street discounts towards hundreds of online and high street stores and services
• Telus - 5 free counseling sessions with our Employee Assistance Programme. Discounts and cashback on your favorite retailers, such as Nike, Boots, Debenhams, LookFantastic, and more!
• Eligibility for Blue Light Card benefit
• Access to company pool cars
• Comprehensive induction and training
• Opportunities for ongoing development and career progression
• 28 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays) based on full-time hours
• Strong, friendly, and supportive management team