Home Care Assistant
£10.50 per hour + 35p per mile
Area covered – South Woodford and surrounding areas
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?
You will be improving the quality of life for our many numerous clients, that we provide care to, in their own homes in South Woodford and surrounding area.
How will you be helping our clients?
1. Medication management and administration
2. Help around the house
3. Meal preparation
4. Personal care
5. General emotional support
What we offer:
6. You will be paid national minimum wage for all attended training and shadow shifts.
7. A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
8. Work with our own clients, no agency work.
9. Pension scheme
10. Blue light card
11. Free DBS check
12. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
13. Continued professional development to support you & your career
14. Holiday pay
15. Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
16. Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
We're looking for:
17. Six months' paid experience in care, not essential
18. Excellent communication skills
19. A driver's licence & own transport is essential
20. 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.
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.