Job title – Complex Care Assistant
Location – Rural Forfar
Hours / shifts – Zero Hour (Part time)
Hourly pay – £16.01 week days and £18.27 weekends
Driver Required
About Prestige Nursing & Care Angus
Our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for our clients.
What our client is looking for
An understanding and experience of working with clients with Epilepsy is desirable as is experience working with non-verbal individuals, however full training will be provided.
Care package involves the provision of care for two clients within the same home, working with a competent team of carers to provide support with personal care, daily living activities and outings.
Driver with access to own transport is essential due to rural location. Position involves driving the clients wheelchair accessible vehicle therefore applicants must be confident in driving a larger vehicle.
Shift pattern is Monday 7am-10.30am, Wednesday and Friday 7am-10am and alternate/occasional Saturday/Sunday working 8am-10am. More hours may be available to cover respite and holiday periods.
Applicants are required to have a level of flexibility to meet the requirements of the clients.
Do you need experience?
Experience is required for this role.
What we offer:
1. You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
2. We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
3. Work with our own clients, no agency work
4. Pension scheme
5. Blue light card
6. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
7. Continued professional development to support you & your career
8. Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
9. Holiday pay
10. Refer a friend scheme
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
Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply today.
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.
As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.
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.
We reserve the right to close this position early.