Community care assistant

Job Description

Support Worker- Care at Home

Are you a compassionate and caring individual with experience in a care at home service? Do you thrive in an environment supporting others and helping them to lead fulfilling lives? If so, we would love to hear from you here at Randstad!

About the role:

Providing care and assistance to service users in their own homes. Helping with daily tasks such as meal preparation, medication administration, moving and handling, household tasks and general domiciliary care. Visiting various clients throughout the day and meeting their needs at the moment in time. The role will sometimes require you to work independently but on other occasions you may be paired up with another member of staff. The role can offer various shift patterns with full and part time availability able to be catered for. The role would require you to be able to drive between houses as the locations can be far apart from each other.

About you:

• Previous experience in a similar role working in a care at home or community care environment
• You are compassionate and caring towards other with a desire to help people
• You must have strong communication skills and be able to work effectively in a team liaising with wider teams to ensure the best level of care is provided
• Be able to work under pressure and stay calm in stressful situations
• Have a strong ability to work independently and use your own initiative

Qualifications:

• SVQ2 in Health and Social Care or HNC in Social Care (Desirable)
• Full UK Driving License and access to vehicle (Essential)
• Minimum of 1 year UK experience in a similar role
• Right to work in the UK (we are unable to provide sponsorship)

What we provide:

• Competitive pay rates
• Access to free eLearning and training to develop your knowledge
• SSSC endorsement
• PVG updates
• Mobile app with additional shifts you can pick up as and when you choose to earn extra income

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.