Care Assistant - Days
Being a Care Assistant at Care UK
Care Assistants at Care UK come from all walks of life - from retail to hospitality, or teaching to factory work. Regardless of your experience, as long as you have a passion for care, people skills and an ability to adapt, you already have the core skills and values that are perfect for a career in care. We offer exceptional training and development programmes for all employees, to help you fulfil your potential.
The benefits
* Opportunities to progress through our personalised career paths into more senior and management roles whilst growing your earnings
* Earn whilst you learn and take on a variety of apprenticeships applicable to your role enabling you to increase your pay once achieved
* Competitive refer a friend scheme of up to GBP1000 depending on role
* Quality and free training to help develop and enhance your skills
* Bank holiday enhancements
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flexible hours, including day, night or weekend shifts
* Free DBS
* Free uniform
* Thousands of online and in-store discounts across big known retailers enabling our colleagues to make big savings on every day shopping such as holidays, supermarkets and travel.
* Employee Assistance Programme - Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns
What you'll be doing
Being a Care Assistant doesn't just mean helping residents to remain as active and independent as possible while respecting their rights of choice, privacy and dignity. It means having fun and laughter with them and using your skills to help them deal with day-to-day difficulties like personal care and meal times. It invloves working as part of a team to identify their unique goals and implement personalised care plans. Put simply, it means making a difference - a real difference.
What you'll need
Experience of caring for others would be useful, including looking after an elderly relative or friend. More important though is your kind-hearted nature, your belief in teamwork and your ability to priorotise a busy workload. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding
Care Assistants at Care UK come from all walks of life - from retail to hospitality, or teaching to factory work. Regardless of your experience, as long as you have a passion for care, people skills and an ability to adapt, you already have the core skills and values that are perfect for a career in care. We offer exceptional training and development programmes for all employees, to help you fulfil your potential.
The benefits
* Opportunities to progress through our personalised career paths into more senior and management roles whilst growing your earnings
* Earn whilst you learn and take on a variety of apprenticeships applicable to your role enabling you to increase your pay once achieved
* Competitive refer a friend scheme of up to GBP1000 depending on role
* Quality and free training to help develop and enhance your skills
* Bank holiday enhancements
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flexible hours, including day, night or weekend shifts
* Free DBS
* Free uniform
* Thousands of online and in-store discounts across big known retailers enabling our colleagues to make big savings on every day shopping such as holidays, supermarkets and travel.
* Employee Assistance Programme - Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns
What you'll be doing
Being a Care Assistant doesn't just mean helping residents to remain as active and independent as possible while respecting their rights of choice, privacy and dignity. It means having fun and laughter with them and using your skills to help them deal with day-to-day difficulties like personal care and meal times. It invloves working as part of a team to identify their unique goals and implement personalised care plans. Put simply, it means making a difference - a real difference.
What you'll need
Experience of caring for others would be useful, including looking after an elderly relative or friend. More important though is your kind-hearted nature, your belief in teamwork and your ability to priorotise a busy workload. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding