Care Assistant
Location: Weymouth
Salary: £11.70 - £17.00
Hours: Daytime, Weekend and Evening
Our Care Assistants have the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives, both at home and supporting them in the community. This is a role that varies from day-to-day to helping the more vulnerable in our society, offering a sense of satisfaction that is difficult to match. Caremark Worcester have recently been awarded the “Best In Midlands” award at the National awards. The award-winning team will be more than happy to take any enquiries and any new care worker will be inducted and trained with the best of in-house training.
Working for Caremark Weymouth you would be responsible for meeting the support requirements of our customers, in a way that respects the individual and promotes their independence. You would be expected to travel to the customer’s home and assist them with daily tasks as agreed between the customer and Caremark.
The type of support that you would be providing is no different to what would reasonably be given by a member of the person’s family. For instance, you may be providing help with bathing and dressing or domestic support.
Your role would include helping customers with tasks such as:
* Shopping & meal preparation
* Prompting with medication
* Support with daily routines
* Respite services
* Socialising and leisure activities
* Helping customers access the community
Benefits:
* Full training and induction
* Refer a friend bonus*
* Qualifying for the ‘Blue Light Card’ discount scheme
* Additional pay on weekends*
* Comprehensive support and back up, both in the field and in the office, from friendly and professional colleagues
* Listening to our Care Worker feedback to ensure comfort and security in the working environment
* Shifts allocated and sent to Care Workers prior to the start of the working week
* Ongoing training, development and supervision
* Excellent pay rates including Level 2 and 3 Qualified pay rises
* Flexible hours to suit your needs
* Four weeks pro rata annual leave entitlement
* Regular customers, so you can get to know each other
* The opportunity to obtain qualifications whilst you work
* Excellent internal communication, including regular team meetings
* Unique teamwork structure
* Real opportunity to progress to more senior positions
Additional Information:
Required Education, Skills and Qualifications:
Driving license with use of personal vehicle required.
Not currently giving sponsorship.
We are happy to speak to anybody looking to either get into care for the first time right through to people who have been in the industry for years. Full training is provided for anyone joining Caremark and for those looking to further themselves, we offer extra opportunities with training specialists.
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