Home Care Assistants Falkirk Full time £15.50 per Hour - Start to Finish
Grangemouth, Falkirk, Larbert, Denny
We are seeking passionate and dedicated individuals to join our Care at home service in Falkirk. This role includes attending service user’s homes in the community and assisting them with their daily needs.
Duties
* Personal Care
* Medication prompt
* Meal Preps
* Building trusting relationships
* Well-being checks
Benefits
* 1 week induction period. (3 classroom days & 2 shadow shifts)
* Company pension scheme
* £100 bonus - Refer a friend.
* Free uniform and PPE provided.
* Employee mentoring programme
* Health & wellbeing programme for yourself.
Flexibility
Start to Finish Pay - £14.50 (unqualified) £15.50 (Qualified – SVQ2)
(7am - 2pm) (4pm - 10/10.30pm)
You will work a mixture of both on a 2-week rolling Rota. (One weekend on one off)
Full-time - 30hrs/pw
Part-Time - 12, 18, 24hrs/pw (hours per week)
Working individually and with other care staff on double-up clients, supported by office staff and on-call service.
Requirements
* Full valid driving license + access to your own vehicle.
* Compassion and care towards others.
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1: What will my responsibilities be on a day-to-day basis?
As a home carer with Avenue you’ll be visiting our service users within your local area and typically assisting them with the following tasks; Medical administration prompts, personal care, meal preparation and housework, mobility requests – assisting service users mobility with the use of hoists and aids typically transferring them from beds and chairs to bathrooms and vice versa. Avenue carers also support our service users with appointments and social engagements as well as assisting with palliative/end of life care.
2: Will I be working by myself or with other care staff?
Runs and rota’s differ in each of our areas depending on the service users requirements and we do facilitate individual care runs as well as full double up runs in all areas. Typically there may be one or two “double-up” visits per shift.
3: What are the shift times and can Avenue work around other jobs/commitments?
Typically our morning shift starts at 7am and finishes at 2pm and our afternoon/back shift starts at 4pm and finishes at 10.30pm. New staff are offered a contract that is based on their weekly availability so that you know when you’ll be working on a weekly basis, there is always the opportunity to pick-up extra shifts should that be desired.
4: Do I have to pay for any equipment or PPE for the roles?
No, all our staff are equipped with a uniform/rucksack which contains unique badge identification and also all the necessary PPR required for the role. Additional PPE can be collected FOC from our localised offices.
6: Do I have to do your in-house training/Induction programme?
Yes, we ask all new members of staff to complete this. Our training managers cater for new staff that have had no care experience and also qualified staff that have a history of experience in social/home care.
7: What rotas do you have?
Our carers typically work on a two week fixed rota which means working every second weekend. Avenue support Full-time, Part-time and sessional contracts for our staff.
8: Where will I be working?
Our carers work across the East of Scotland in localised areas. Avenue commit to settling new care staff into the same rota/runs for a minimum of two months and we can also support carer relocations.
9: Do you pay for travel?
No, our carers pay for their own travel and we can support annual mileage claims to HMRC.
10: How soon can I start?
All our carers have to complete our induction training and get signed off by our recruitment team - completing necessary background and reference checks as well as award of a PVG from disclosure Scotland.
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