Location: Sevenoaks
Salary: Earn from £26,000 (full‑time) or £16,250 (part‑time). Full expert training provided. Flexible shift patterns to suit your lifestyle.
Bluebird Care – Where you change lives. Bluebird Care is the UK’s leading provider of private Care at Home. We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable care assistants to join our thriving agency providing a high‑quality and much‑needed service to vulnerable people all over Sevenoaks.
Responsibilities
Our Care Assistants work out in the community helping our customers to live independently in their own homes. You will support customers with a variety of everyday tasks, such as personal care, meal preparation, medication reminders, and companionship.
You will receive thorough training, shadow a mentor or experienced member of the team, and receive support while completing The Care Certificate.
Qualifications & Requirements
People who care deeply about improving the life experience of vulnerable adults, who have a caring and compassionate attitude, and who are reliable.
You must be 100% committed to helping improve quality of life. You need to live in or within a reasonable commute of Sevenoaks and have access to a car you can use for work.
We accept V1SA transfers, but you must already be sponsored and based in our area.
What We Offer
* A friendly team of dedicated and supportive colleagues
* Competitive rates of basic pay: £13.00 per hour (paid travel time)
* Paid DBS
* Tax‑free mileage paid at 25p per mile
* 4 weeks paid annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
* A genuine opportunity for career progression in a high‑growth sector
* A comprehensive pre‑work training programme
* Paid shadowing
* £336 bonus for completing training and passing probation
* Up to £500 refer‑a‑friend bonus scheme
* Company pension scheme
* Opt‑in private medical insurance scheme
* A route to funded formal qualifications (e.g. L2/L3/L5 Diplomas in Health & Social Care)
* Ongoing training and support from a friendly office team
* Work with leading‑edge Smartphone technology: everything is simple and at the tap of a button
* Loyalty bonus
Benefits
* Company events
* Company pension
* Referral programme
* Full and part‑time working hours – you choose.
* Flexible working – hours to suit you and your life.
* Guaranteed hour contracts available
* Enhanced rates on bank holidays
Bluebird Care Sevenoaks is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practices.
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