Care Assistant
Halesworth
£12.70 – £19.05 per hour with weekly pay, holiday pay & mileage
Full and part time hours available
About Prestige Nursing & Care Halesworth
Halesworth branch prides itself on the care they deliver in and around the community, with colleagues and clients having been with us for over 15 years! Whilst our branch is situated in the lovely village of Halesworth, much of our work is in and around our towns and villages within the area. We offer a variety of care services; however, we do pride ourselves on the excellent support and care we deliver to our clients, specialising in homecare and complex care.
What our clients are looking for
Our clients looking for good quality homecare workers to join our expanding team. Duties involve helping our valued clients with personal care tasks and household duties.
To work in and around the local area, providing care to people within their own home – assignments include providing personal care and/or support and companionship as required.
Do you need experience?
As much as this is preferred, we do offer an excellent care certificate training programme for anyone who is new to care.
Your role will include
1. Medication management and administration
2. Help around the house
3. Personal care
4. Continence care
5. General emotional support
What we offer:
6. A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
7. We offer the flexibility of either a zero hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
8. You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
9. Work with our own clients, no agency work.
10. Pension scheme
11. Blue light card
12. Free DBS check
13. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
14. Continued professional development to support you & your career
15. Weekly Pay
16. Holiday Pay
17. Refer a friend with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money – T&C’s apply
18. Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
19. Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
We’re looking for:
20. Excellent communication skills
21. A full UK driver’s licence & your own vehicleis a requirement
22. Good professional and personal references
Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for?
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.
You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.
As a Company we are unable to provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates. Applicants must have proof of right to work in the UK. It is a requirement to provide an overseas police check dated within the last 3 months of being in the UK if you have lived outside of the UK for longer than a year in the last 5 years.