Community Support Workers
Peterborough
Weekly Pay – From £12.00 Weekdays, £12.36 Weekends, £18.00 Bank Holidays p/hour
Who will you be helping to make life better for?
Prestige Nursing & Care Peterborough are seeking dedicated and passionate Support Workers to join our care and support team. You will work delivering person centred, specialised care to your clients in their own homes on a one to one basis. This will enable you to maintain a clinical and supportive overview of your client.
We are looking for Support Workers who can build positive relationships with a range of clients and their families as we understand the importance that we play in their lives.
Life at Prestige
People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you’ll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.
Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 30 local offices in England and Scotland. We look after a variety of clients in their own homes and we also work with local care homes, nursing homes and the NHS.
Being employed as a Carer by us means:
1. You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
2. A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
3. Work with our own clients, no agency work.
4. Pension scheme
5. Blue light card
6. Free DBS check
7. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
8. Continued professional development to support you & your career
9. Holiday pay
10. Refer a friend via our Care Friends incentive App- T&C’s apply
11. Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
12. Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
Your role will include:
13. Prompting medication
14. Helping with the preparation of meals and drinks
15. Assisting with activities of daily living, domestic duties and personal care
16. Maintaining and updating reports such as care plans
We’re looking for:
17. Excellent communication skills
18. A driver’s licence and use of your own car required
19. Good professional and personal references
In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.
You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.
Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines. All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.
As a Company we are unable to provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates. Applicants must have proof of right to work in the UK. It is a requirement to provide an overseas police check dated within the last 3 months of being in the UK if you have lived outside of the UK for longer than a year in the last 5 years.