Specialist Home Care Assistant
Care SouthSpecialist Home Care Assistants
Location: Bournemouth and Poole
Pay rate : £13.15 - £15.15
Hours: Full-time - Part-time and Bank positions available
Are you an experienced Carer? We offer our Specialist Care Assistants: free uniform, free DBS, free Life Assurance, paid three week induction program, 40p per mile & competitive pay rates.
Care South, a leading not for profit charity, have exciting opportunities for Specialist Care Assistants to join our Bournemouth Care at Home team, providing re-enablement support to clients leaving hospital, with a variety of needs in their own homes in Bournemouth and the surrounding areas.
This Specialist Care Assistant role is a community based, it is essential applicants hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Benefits for our Specialist Care Assistant include:
- Competitive pay rates
- Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
- 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
- £500 ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
- Blue Light discount card
- Paid DBS and uniform
- Reward and recognition schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Outstanding training, qualification and career advancement opportunities
Key duties for Specialist Care Assistant include (but may not be limited to):
- Providing high-quality support to enable individuals to remain independent
- Supporting our clients to build confidence and return to independent living
- As a valued member of our team, Specialist Care Assistants are key to helping us provide good quality care our clients deserve
- You will be responsible for the needs of clients and ensuring their dignity
- You will help with personal care such as personal hygiene, toileting, and dressing
Care is at the HEART of everything we do, it’s values that inspire us, not profits.
About you:
- Previous experience in a care setting is required
- Flexible in the hours you can work and ability to work every other weekend
- Strong attention to detail and reporting skills
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- You will hold an enhanced DBS on the update service or prepared to undertake one.
- You will hold a UK driving licence
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