Location: Whitby, Town and Country Care
Salary: £12.40 per hour
Contract type: Permanent
Hours/working pattern: Various
Town and Country Care Ltd are looking for a Community Care Assistant to join their team. The shifts available will either suit 2 part-time roles, or 1 full-time role, between 16-36 hours per week. The role will involve supporting clients in the community as part of our domiciliary care team, therefore all applicants must hold a UK driving licence.
The local, family-run company has been operating for 16 years and supports almost 100 local clients across Whitby and Staithes, making it the largest and longest established Home Care provider in the Whitby area. We always look for caring and friendly candidates to join our team, no experience is required as all training is provided, all we ask is for you to have a friendly and kind nature with a good work ethic.
Your role will involve visiting elderly and vulnerable clients in their own homes. We operate in small teams and each team has access to a company vehicle for long distance visits. The shift pattern involves working every-other weekend; weekday shifts can be negotiated.
Duties include:
* Personal Care
* Medication Assistance
* Meal Preparation
* Household Tasks
* Social Support
Job incentives:
* Higher rates of pay for NVQ trained staff and increased with each year of service
* Overtime premium for covering holidays and absence.
* Set minimum hours per shift to compensate for cancellations, hospitalisations or gaps
* Set fortnightly rota
* 2 monthly £25 attendance bonus for 100% attendance
* Monthly £10 data payments for mobile phone usage
* Staff room with free refreshments
* Access to 3 company vehicles
* 50p per mile to cover fuel use and wear and tear
* All training provided, including care certificate and NVQ opportunities
* Free uniform and PPE plus all training and shadowing work is paid at normal rat
* Health & Wellbeing program with free counselling and access to a support app
Benefits:
* Company car
* Company events
* Company pension
* Discounted or free food
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
*It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.*
*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*
If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Lara on 07974 406783 or email Lara.Wilkin@northyorks.gov.uk for further information.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.
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