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£12.60
Pay Rate
n/a
Paid Mileage
n/a
Joining Bonus
Job Type:
Non Driver
Shifts:
Day or Evening
Role:
Permanent
Annual Leave:
5.6 weeks Pro Rata
Standard Benefits :
Excellent Pay Rate
Market-leading training
Free Uniform
Quick turnaround - Start in as little as 2 weeks
Company Pension
Your Optimum Care Benefits :
Highest Bank Holiday Rate
Training & Induction
Guaranteed contracted hours (no zero hours)
No upfront Access NI cost
Refer a Caring Friend - £100 Bonus
Access to Employee Mental Health Support Line
Career Progression Opportunities (Community & Office-Based)
Further Education Opportunities
Daily support from office team
Closing Date: Friday 22nd August 2025
* Please note we reserve the right to close this advertisement early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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We are recruiting a Non Driver for our Newtownabbey Office.
Would you love to support people to remain in their own homes?
If so, why not join our team at Optimum Care. As a Community Carer, you will support our clients in their own homes. You will work on double runs.
Join our Community Care team. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in you as a Carer as you are the backbone of our community services. We invest heavily in providing you with quality training and continuing support.
With the number of people in Northern Ireland needing domiciliary care at home continually increasing, we need people just like you to help care for these people sharing our values of Teamwork & Partnership, Quality & Best Practice, Openness & Honesty, and most importantly, Kindness, Understanding and Respect.
Why join us?
If you become a Community Care Worker for Optimum Care, here is what you get in return:
* Excellent pay rates – £12.60
* Highest Bank Holiday rates
* Market-leading training – our staff comment on how they feel most equipped to do their job after receiving our specialised training
* Permanent contract with guaranteed hours (No zero-hour contracts)
* Eligible to apply for a Blue Light Discount card
* No upfront cost for your Access NI
* Free uniform
* Refer a Caring Friend scheme – £100 bonus
* Quick turnaround for interview and induction
* Career progression & further education opportunities
* Daily support from the office team
What you'll be doing:
* Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing.
* Provide refreshments and light snacks.
* Prompt and administer medication.
* Assist with practical support such as light cleaning, fire lighting, and shopping, dish-washing, laundry, cleaning and maintaining spectacles, false teeth and hearing aids.
* Assist client to move safely which may require the use of moving and handling aids such as. hoists and slide sheets.
* Provide a care sitting service to give respite to other carers such as family members.
* Encourage and promote client independence and choice, and uphold client rights and dignity.
Do you meet the Essential Criteria?
* Having the desire to care for vulnerable adults in their homes
* Access to own mobile phone
Shift Patterns:
Day Shift:
7am – 6pm
Evening Shift:
6pm – 11pm
* to provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts.
If you have the desire to care for vulnerable adults in their homes helping them maintain their independence and meet the essential criteria above then we want to hear from you
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Please note: Applicants within the last 6 months need not re-apply.
Additional Details:
Shift Patterns
Day Shift:
7am – 6pm
Evening Shift:
6pm – 11pm
* to provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts.
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If what you have read sounds like a good fit for you, we'd love to hear from you. Fill in the form below to apply, our recruitment team will then be in touch with you to progress your application.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
A satisfactory enhanced AccessNI check will be required for this post The Optimum Care Group of companies, as per the Access NI Code of Practice, has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents along with the Access NI Code of Practice are available upon request by contacting the HR Department. If successful please be aware that we have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. Our Policy states that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to fully and accurately disclose all criminal convictions will lead to the withdrawal of the offer.
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