Female Care Assistant- sponsorship available
Location: Basingstoke & Newbury areas
* Impactful role
* Expert training
* Free Health & Social Care Diplomas available
* Friendly team with excellent support
Bluebird Care – Where passion becomes expertise
We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As the leading Home Care and Live In Care provider, we take pride in our work - and we’re looking for a caring and dedicated person to join our North Hampshire & West Berkshire Team as a care assistant, to help us set the standard.
As a Care Assistant, you’ll be there as a friend to provide not just the practicalities of supporting with the home, personal care, and meals, but to be a good listener, someone who is a true companion so the person can go about their life as they like, with a helping hand by their side.
Requirements
* A kind and caring nature
* Be able to have heartfelt conversations with the person and provide friendship with a big heart, and be a good listener
* To be able to prepare meals from scratch and share great food
* Help with shopping for groceries
* Take customers on outings that you will both talk about for days
* Help with pursuing hobbies, whether it's knitting at home or visiting a garden centre, or enjoying a drive in the countryside
* You must be a driver with a full UK driver's licence
* Must have a DBS on the update service
* Must already be working as a care assistant, preferably with Live-in Care Experience
* You must be able to commit to both Live-In Care & Home Care
Responsibilities
As a Care Assistant, your key responsibilities will include:
* Providing personal care duties,
* Administering medication,
* Manual handling, using equipment where required,
* Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full.
* Household chores
* Meal preparation
* Shopping
* Social Outings
* Offering our customers companionship
Benefits
* 28 days of annual leave pro rata
* Excellent Induction and support, and ongoing support from a friendly and committed leadership team
* Professional development and industry-leading training with the Bluebird Care Training Academy
* Supportive, inclusive team environment
* Pension scheme
* Free annual MOT on your work car for drivers
If you care deeply, Bluebird Care makes sure you have the time you need to do what you do best, the training so you can keep doing it better and the rewards that delivering such high-quality care deserves. Applications close Friday 24th October
Bluebird Care North Hampshire & West Berkshire is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
DBS checks and references will be conducted in accordance with government regulations and best recruitment practices.
Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions_