Job Description
* Evenings on 3 x weekdays plus every other weekend
* Excellent pay rates – £14.00 after 6pm & weekends,
* Double time Bank Holidays
* Clients local to you
* Minimum 1 hour calls – so you have the time needed with client
* Mileage allowance
* Training - fully paid award winning training and ongoing support, with genuine career development opportunities. We also have access to specialist training/ qualifications e.g., City & Guilds Alzheimer’s and End of Life.
* Employee assistance programme - available 24/7
* Exclusive discounts scheme – at supermarkets, utility providers and more
Responsibilities:
* Companionship and help around the home
* Preparation and support with meals
* Prompting and assisting your client with their medication
* Supporting with personal care and to get dressed
* Social visits and support with appointments and shopping trips
We are looking for kind and compassionate people like you to join our Home Instead community. Whether you have direct experience in care, personally or professionally, or are just starting out – we offer industry leading training to all our carers to help you help others.
Qualifications
If you have a knack for making people smile, then you already have the skills to be a great Care Professional, so no prior experience of care is required. All your paid training will take place at our office in Southampton with our award-winning training team
Additional Information
We ask you have a means of transport as clients are predominantly cared for in there own homes, or would like you to accompany them on appointments or outings
Care Professional Benefits!
* Pension, plus holiday pay and paid mileage
* Great Hourly Rates of pay (up to £13.70 for evenings & weekends)
* Employee referral scheme of £200
* Non-Uniform for a friendly and professional service
* Paid introduction/shadowing calls - you will shadow an existing care professional so you get to know the Clients
* Average hour (or guaranteed hours) contracts available
* Employee benefits portal - with discounts at over 200 outlets!
* Wellbeing - free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives Colleagues and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental, and financial issues
* Friendly and supportive management and office team.
* Employee assistance program for your health and welfare
* £400 paid towards your NVQ Diploma (optional)
* £75 paid towards your VRQ's bonus (optional)
* Blue Light Discount card eligibility
* Opportunities for Career progression
If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and has a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please click ‘Apply now’ or alternatively call the office for an informal chat on 01489 559007.
We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead Senior Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.