Care Assistant - Southend on Sea
Salary: £12.00-£12.60
Milage: 45p per mile
Contract: Full time
Areas: This role covers Southend
Join our team and make a difference to people's lives! Caring isn't just a job, it's an opportunity to support people in their own homes, offer companionship, promote independence, build relationships, and brighten their day.
Pay breakdown and shift patterns:
* Daytime shifts 7am-3pm, evening shifts 3pm-10pm.
* Care Assistant - £12.00 day, £12.10 evening, £12.50 weekend day, £12.60 weekend evening
* We work our shift patterns around your availability!
* You will be required to work alternate weekends.
Benefits:
* Fully paid training: Receive all the training you need to succeed as a Care Assistant, including in-house training delivered by our Head of Learning and Development, followed by shadow shifts, and continued mentoring and professional development.
* Flexible working hours: We have both part time and full time roles available, and offer daytime, evening and weekend shifts to help you choose a schedule that works for you.
* Paid Mileage: 45p per mile for your travel between calls.
* Paid DBS check and uniform: Your background check and uniform is fully covered by Anglian Care, allowing a smooth onboarding process.
* Early pay app: access 35% of your wages as soon as you complete a shift.
* Career progression opportunities: We offer a career progression pathway and free NVQ enrolment so you can develop your skills and advance within the company.
* Team events and activities: Participate in team activities to strengthen bonds with colleagues, including office bake sales, charity fundraisers and skydives, and annual Christmas party.
* Recognition programmes: We celebrate your amazing work and dedication with unsung hero of the month awards, incentives and competitions.
* Refer a friend bonus: Earn £150 each time you successfully refer someone for a role
About the role:
As a community care assistant, you will care for adults in their own homes to provide practical, physical, emotional, and social support to service users to achieve their desired outcomes. Where required, this includes supporting customers with personal care tasks, such as food and fluids, toileting, and bathing, as well as medication and domestic duties whilst ensuring dignity and respect are maintained at all times.
We are looking for outgoing, career driven individuals to join our friendly team and grow with us as a company – you can expect high rates of pay and support with your career development goals.
Take a look at our Facebook page for frequent updates on what our brilliant care team are getting up to! If you want to work for a fun, tight-knit, friendly and professional company, then Anglian Care is for you. We make it a priority to ensure our staff feel supported and trusted, and often reward them for the amazing work they do in our community.
What we're looking for:
* No experience necessary: We provide full training, so whether you're new to care or have years of experience, we're looking for people who are kind, caring, and committed to improving the lives of vulnerable adults.
* Driving license: You must have a UK driving license and your own car with business insurance.
* Flexibility: You should be comfortable to work a mixture of daytimes, evenings, and alternate weekends.
* Kindness and compassion: A caring and supportive individual who is passionate about providing a high-level care and support to vulnerable people.
* Communication skills: You must be able to build positive working relationships with colleagues and customers.
Our ICARE values:
Inclusive - We are committed to providing an inclusive service for those we care for and those in our team. We understand and respect that people have different needs. We celebrate diversity and tackle discrimination to create a safe and inclusive environment, which supports human rights, equality, and empowerment.
Collaboration - We are committed to quality kind and compassionate care and give those we care for our full attention and support. We value collaboration and working as a team. We display empathy to those we care for and others on our team and use self-awareness to recognise the impact of our behaviours. Identifies problems at the earliest opportunity and thinks creatively in order to solve them.
Accountability - By listening, respecting, and communicating effectively, we are able to build two-way relationships with those we work with and care for that are based on trust. We do the right thing and act with credibility, accountability, and professionalism. Takes responsibility for own performance, identifying areas to improve and actively seeks out ways to develop these.
Respect - We act with compassion, honesty, and respect people’s right to choose how they would like to live and be cared for. We treat people with respect and dignity regardless of their culture, religion, race, age, or disability. We recognise and appreciate the contribution of our team and communicate with those we care for in a polite, clear, and open way.
Effective - Effectively manages customer expectations and responds to their needs in a timely and caring manner. We are committed to delivering high-quality care which means continuously learning and improving our service. We gather and share feedback to identify ways we can improve to better meet the needs of our team and service users. We support and mentor others to enable them to learn new skills. We are willing to embrace new ways of working and new technology, to improve our services and add value to the care we provide.
Ready to make a difference?
Call our recruitment team to find out more!
01245 205880
This role requires you to engage in regulated activity with adults and therefore an enhanced criminal record check will be requested from the DBS upon conditional job offer.
This role requires you to work in Regulated Activity. 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 that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children or both).
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: £12.00-£12.60 per hour
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
* Weekend availability
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
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