About the Role
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Care Workers really make a difference to the lives of our service users, offering a highly personal service you will be helping to enable people to live as independently as possible in their own home, by providing the best standards of care and support.
Nichols Court is based in one location, across 3 floors and houses 40 independent flats, so a driving license is not required for this role, as long as you can get to work.
Shifts available are 7am – 11am, 7am - 2pm, 2pn - 10pm and 10pm until 7am.
You will be required to:
1. Assist with all elements of personal care, to ensure service users are supported in being as independent as possible in preparation for their day ahead; washing, dressing, support with administering medication
2. Assisting service users with preparing healthy meals
3. Light household chores around the flats
4. Offering companionship and helping build service users confidence and independence
Key Criteria:
5. Successful candidates must be willing to work alternate weekends
6. No previous experience is required, full training will be provided.
7. Practical subject such as cooking and household responsibilities
8. Health and safety; moving and handling
9. Personal care
10. Medication
11. Dementia assistance
Mears Benefits
12. Free uniform and paid for DBS check
13. Enrolment onto NVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
14. Refer a friend scheme (entitlement up to £1000)
15. Incentive payments made, once training and probationary periods have been completed
16. Pension scheme
17. Cycle to work scheme
18. Share saver scheme
19. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
20. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
21. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Alton Towers, Drayton Manor where your entrance and lunch will be paid for.
22. Care Worker of the Month Award
23. Mears Connect Discounts – include discounts and money back on high street shops, holidays, groceries, and lots more
24. Paid volunteering leave
25. Offering a range of shifts to balance home and work life.
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.