Job Title: Care Assistant - Weekend
Location: Shrewsbury
Contract: Full-Time, Part-Time, Flexible
Salary: £13.80 per hour (weekends) + travel time & mileage
* UK Driving License & own vehicle required.
* £13.80 per hour (weekends).
* Paid travel time & paid mileage (40p per mile).
* Enhanced rate of pay at bank holidays (time and a half).
* On call support.
* Sleep-in & Waking Nights available.
* Comprehensive induction & training package, paid at usual hourly rate.
* Hours include early mornings, evenings, and alternate weekends (or weekends only if you prefer).
* Paid for DBS.
* Great work/life balance.
* Regular clients, at regular times.
* Fantastic career progression and fully funded Care Certificate.
* Award winning in 'Recruitment, Retention & Recognition' and 'Home Care Worker of the Year' in the West Midlands Great British Care Awards 2023.
* Ongoing, paid for training, including Apprenticeships, and accredited courses such as Mental Health First Aid, Hydration training, Medication, Dysphagia Awareness, Dementia Care, Palliative Care & Parkinson's Care.
* Being part of a service that will value you, also part of a company to be proud of.
Responsibilities
You will care for older people in their own homes, supporting them in all sorts of ways. Duties include taking clients out and about, doing the weekly shop, providing medication support, personal care, and dementia care – similar to what you would provide for your own family and loved ones.
Job requires compassionate, supportive, positive, warm, and committed attitude.
Qualifications & Requirements
* No previous experience required; training and induction provided.
* Right to work in the UK including a UK driver’s licence.
* Ability to obtain business-use car insurance and access to a vehicle.
* Willing to obtain DBS check (paid for).
* Desire to learn and develop skills.
Benefits
* Competitive pay (£13.80 per hour weekends, plus travel and mileage).
* Time and a half rate on bank holidays.
* On-call or sleep-in allowances.
* Free uniform.
* Paid training and care certificate.
* Company holiday entitlement, sick pay scheme, pension entitlement.
* Supportive workplace culture and career progression.
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