Care Assistant
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Summary
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.
- Key Responsibilities: Supporting clients with personal care, medication, meal preparation, and housework.
- Requirements: Compassion, ability to care, and a full UK Driving Licence.
Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities
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.
Job Description
What else you’ll help with:
- Companionship – being a friendly face & preventing loneliness.
- Personal Care – all aspects of personal hygiene
- Medication – collecting prescriptions & providing reminders.
- Mealtimes – preparing tasty meals.
- Housekeeping – keeping their home just the way they like it
- Mobility – help with getting around.
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.
- Must hold a full UK Driving Licence
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.
As a Care Assistant, you'll receive:
- Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay.
- Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement.
- Death in Service Payment
- Pension scheme
- Benefits and Well-being Platform
- 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral!
- Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
- Flexible hours, part and full time available
- Local work and paid mileage
- Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays
- Paid training – online and face to face
- Self-development– progression opportunities
- Access to our in-house app
- Work for the largest care company in the UK!
We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.