Complex Care Assistant
NR13
£13.00 – £18.00 per hour with weekly pay
12 hour Waking nights and day shifts available across a 7 day rota.
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.
Who will you be helping to make life better for?
Prestige Nursing & Care Norwich are looking for experienced Complex Care Support Workers to support our Gentleman with Spinal Injuries in his own home in NR13. You will need to have a full clean driving licence and be willing to drive our clients own adapted vehicle to support them to attend appointments and social engagements. This may, on occasion be out of county. You will be required to undertake personal care tasks and support with complex interventions including cough assist, catheter care and bowel management – full training will be provided.
What we offer:
1. A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
2. You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
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. Weekly Pay
10. Holiday Pay
11. Refer a friend with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money – T&C’s apply
12. Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
13. Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
Your role will include:
14. Prompting medication
15. Helping with the preparation of meals and drinks
16. Assisting with activities of daily living, domestic duties and personal care
17. Maintaining and updating reports such as care plans
We’re looking for:
18. Excellent communication skills
19. A driver’s licence
20. Good professional and personal references
21. Paid previous experience as a care assistant is essential
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. 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.