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Mobile Care Assistant, Weston-super-Mare
Client:
McCarthy Stone
Location:
Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
16.02.2025
Expiry Date:
02.04.2025
Job Description:
Mobile Care and Support Assistant
***Get a £250 joining bonus and a further £250 when you pass probation.***
Due to our evolving care and lifestyle delivery, we are looking for passionate and like-minded individuals to join our growing care team.
Location: Covering the Weston-super-Mare area - A valid UK driving licence is essential to be considered.
Development - Fussels Court
Hours: 20 hours per week
Hourly rate: £12.80 per hour + Travel expenses covered and up to an additional £1.30 for working evening and weekend hours
Are you compassionate, proactive, and eager to make a difference in the lives of older adults? Join McCarthy Stone as a Mobile Care and Support Assistant and play a key role in enhancing the quality of life for our homeowners in our beautiful purpose-built developments.
About the Role: This is a field-based role to grow our care service, with a requirement to travel between our developments. Parking will be available at each site. You’ll work closely with the Field Care Supervisor, House Managers, and Care Manager to deliver bespoke care and lifestyle services, from assisting with personal care and household tasks to offering companionship and supporting wellbeing activities.
Key Responsibilities:
* Support Individual Homeowners: Provide personalised care, including help with daily activities, personal hygiene, and medication assistance. Offer domestic support such as cleaning, shopping, and managing household tasks.
* Housekeeping: Maintain communal areas within our developments to a high standard, ensuring a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment for all homeowners.
* Social Support: Assist homeowners with social activities, transport arrangements, and attending appointments, enhancing their overall well-being and social connections.
What We’re Looking For:
* Skills & Experience: Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and the ability to manage your time effectively. Ideally, you will have previous experience in a care environment with a level 2 health and social care. We are willing to accept applications from those without care experience looking for a career change as full training and growth qualifications are provided.
* Driving Licence: A valid UK driving licence is required, along with a willingness to travel between developments.
* Flexibility: The ability to work on a rota basis, to include early mornings, late shifts, and alternate weekends.
Why Join Us?
* Travel Expenses Covered: Use your personal car for work with all travel expenses fully reimbursed and parking available on site.
* Uniform and mobile phone provided.
* Professional Development: We support your growth with training opportunities, including the chance to work towards a Diploma in Health and Social Care and to progress to a senior care assistant role if that is something you would be interested in.
* 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata if part-time hours)
* Life insurance
* Company pension
* Opportunities to stay in our guest suites across all our developments UK wide
* Discounts on apartment purchases for employees and immediate family
* Management and leadership training and support with professional qualifications
* 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Program (including counsellors and legal advisors) and access to in-house Mental Health First Aiders
* Impactful Work: Enjoy the satisfaction of making a meaningful difference in the lives of older adults every day.
* The opportunity to earn extra income from our staff referral scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
If you’re a caring, dedicated individual with a can-do attitude and a passion for supporting independent living, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply Today to join a team that values your contribution and offers a rewarding career path with McCarthy Stone.
About Us
As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high-quality homes to exacting specifications. As of May 2024, McCarthy Stone operates 538 developments across the UK for more than 24,200 people.
We believe in championing the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised, and valued than ever. In late 2020, we launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.
We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2024 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list!
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