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Care assistant

Penrith
Good Companions Care Agency
Care assistant
£18,000 - £22,000 a year
Posted: 21 September
Offer description

Position: Domiciliary Care Worker

Travel Time & Mileage Paid

Job Type: Contract – Part Time, Full Time

Location: Postcodes of CA1 to CA14

The main responsibility of a care support worker is to ensure the needs of the client are met. This can often involve helping them to get ready for the day, administering medication or helping with general household jobs. The care should always be person-centred to uphold high quality standards.

You will be trained by our friendly full time trainers and then shadowed into your new home care role, learning to support our clients with varied home-help and home-health requirements such as assistance to prepare meals and drinks, shopping, medication, laundry tasks, light housework, simple health care tasks such as creams, circulation stockings, application of patches, recording activity in calls using our Pass for Care app, social interaction with clients, assistance to the bathroom and toilet - basically ensuring that our clients receive the personal care they require to be able to maintain their independence and dignity whilst living at home comfortably and safely.

Competitive pay rates, full training in house, Phone app to alleviate paperwork, full time support from head office, car scheme plus fuel card, 45p mileage, paid travel time and 4.5% Bonus

We offer to our staff a choice of over 30 cars available that that can be used subject to terms & conditions, the car scheme allows you to at the end of your contract to purchase the car You will be given a fuel card as well, which means you will not have to pay for fuel yourself, WE WILL

Requirements:

-Willingness to work as part of a team.

-Have a caring nature.

-Strong communication skills and professional demeanour

-Ability to work well under pressure.

-Willingness to learn new things and be adaptable to changes.

-Must hold a full UK driving licence.

* Work every other weekend

-Eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From £13.20 per hour

Benefits:

* Company car
* Company events
* Company pension
* Free or subsidised travel
* Store discount

Experience:

* Home care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

* Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

* United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

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