Travel: £12.71 per hour + 40p per mile mileage allowance
Hours: Full time, part time and bank positions available
Shift Pattern: Core shift times are 7:00 – 14:00 and 16:00 – 22:00. We also offer flexible evening shifts, including 16:00 – 20:00, 16:30 – 21:30, and 18:00 – 22:00.
As a Home Care Assistant with Care South, we ensure you are paid not just your contact time, but also for 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 Bournemouth Care at Home team, supporting clients with a variety of needs in their own homes.
This Home Care Assistant role is a community based; it is essential applicants hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Rewards and Benefits
A career in care means constantly improving the quality of people’s lives and offers a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. As a not-for-profit charity, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team.
- Paid travel time
- Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
- 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
- Paid induction and training.
- Free DBS check.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Staff association.
- Onsite learning and development team.
- Competitive pay rates.
- 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 delivering 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.
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re kind, caring, and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
About The Company
PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE
Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.
As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website: http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.
For any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01202 712448.
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