Care Assistant

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Pershore
Salary
10.50 - 19.10 GBP Hourly
Posted
15 Jul 2021
Closes
12 Aug 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
If you are looking for a fresh challenge with a genuine opportunity to make a difference within your local community, you are definitely the person for us.

Now is the time to start a rewarding and varied career in Health and Social Care.....No experience necessary as full training and support is given.

Providing Quality Care

Bluebird Care Worcester and Wychavon care for vulnerable adults from the age of 18 in the comfort of their own homes, so we help with anything from everyday tasks around our customers' homes through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

* Providing personal care duties

* Administering medication

* Manual handling, using equipment where required

* Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full

Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role

It's isn't about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team that genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.

But don't panic; we'll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers, so it's important that you feel equipped for the role.

You must have:

* Full and valid UK driving licence

* Access to a car

* Right to work in the UK

* Excellent level of English

Because We Care About You

We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. You can choose between full-time or part-time work; all you have to do is tell us your availability. Although we try to be flexible where we can, we ask that you commit to at least 1 day per week.

We can't care for our customers if we don't take care of our team, so to make this possible, we offer:

* An excellent rate of GBP10.50 ph. GBP11.50 ph on weekends increasing to GBP19.10 ph for bank holidays

* Paid mileage and travel time

* Paid induction training

* Full training and ongoing support with a dedicated Team Leader

* Access to funded further education/Level 2 and Level 3 Health & Social Care qualifications

* Flexible working options

* Guaranteed contracted hours (available on request)

* Pension auto-enrolment scheme

* Owners discretionary annual bonus

* GBP250 refer a friend bonus scheme (Ts & Cs apply)

Requirements

You must have a full driving licence and your own car that you can use for work.

* You must be available to work flexible hours between 7 am and 10 pm

* As our care provision is 7 days a week, we ask that all our Care Assistants are committed to working at least 1 day per week

* We ask all our carers to adhere to and uphold our company values.

* These include:

* Going above and beyond for our customers

* Operating a wholeheartedly customer-centric approach to care

* Treating each and every customer and colleague with the utmost respect

* Creating a safe, happy environment for customers and colleagues