Weekend Home Care Assistant - Chard and Ilminster
Company Name: Care at Home - Somerset
All Locations: Chard, Ilminster
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Advertising Salary: £13.50 - £15.50 per hour
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Function: Care South at Home
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About The Role
Role: Weekend Home Care Assistant
Location: Chard, Ilminster and the surrounding areas
Pay: £13.50 - £15.50 per hour
Travel: £12.71 per hour + 40p per mile mileage allowance
Hours: Part time hours - Weekends only
Shift Pattern: 07:00 - 14:00 and/or 16:00 - 22:00
As a Home Care Assistant with Care South, we ensure you are paid for not just your contact time but also your travel time. On top of this we pay a generous mileage rate of 40p per mile.
Care South, a leading not for profit charity, have exciting opportunities for Home Care Assistants to join our Somerset Care at Home team, supporting clients with a variety of needs in their own homes in various locations across Somerset.
This Home Care Assistants role is community-based, and it is essential applicants hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Rewards and Benefits
- Paid travel time
- Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
- 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
- Online/retail discounts
- Paid induction and training
- Employee referral bonus scheme
- Free DBS check
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Staff association
- Onsite learning and development team
- Career progression
- Competitive pay rates
- Flexible working hours
- Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes
What You'll Be Doing & Why You'll Love Working with Us
You will receive a comprehensive induction with;
- Ongoing training and development
- Support from a friendly, experienced team and colleagues
- You will deliver person-centred care that truly makes a difference
- Providing high-quality support to enable individuals to remain independent
- You will support our clients to build confidence and remain independent
- As a valued member of our team, Home 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 desirable but not required
- You will have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
- 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
What You Need to Know
- You must be 18 years or older
- We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship
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