At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide essential care and companionship to elderly and vulnerable adults in their homes.
- Company: Fastest growing care provider in Southend-on-Sea with a rewarding culture.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, competitive salary, travel subsistence, and full PPE provided.
- Other info: Immediate starts available with excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while building a fulfilling career.
- Qualifications: Empathy, compassion, and a positive attitude; care experience is a plus but not essential.
The predicted salary is between 25764 - 31490 £ per year.
Location: Southend-on-Sea
Our client is a fast-growing care provider in the Southend-on-Sea area, providing essential care to elderly and vulnerable adults. This is a rewarding key worker role that offers flexible working patterns (Full-time/Part-time/Mornings/Evenings) and opportunities to progress your career in a secure and fast-growing industry sector.
We are looking for care workers who are truly passionate about delivering high-quality care to vulnerable adults within the community. To be considered for this role, you should ideally have your own transport, and it would be ideal to have a background in care. However, we will consider drivers who have worked in other industries and are considering a career in care, or experienced carers who are not drivers.
We seek individuals with empathy, compassion, creativity, and commitment, who genuinely want to make a positive difference in other people's lives. You will support our service users by enabling them to improve their quality of life and helping them achieve their desired goals. You are required to provide personal, domestic care and companionship to vulnerable adults/elderly in their own homes.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing service users with the appropriate level of care in accordance with their care support plan.
- Supporting service users to build their confidence, self-esteem, and ability to manage their mental health symptoms.
- Supporting service users to take their medication.
- Assisting service users with their daily living skills and domestic chores.
- Accurately keeping daily records.
- Assisting with personal care and maintaining service users' independence.
Requirements:
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Standard of written English.
- Commitment, enthusiasm, flexibility, professionalism.
- Experience in care is desirable but not essential (Full training provided).
- Good problem-solving skills and a solutions-focused approach.
- Positive and friendly nature, with a can-do attitude.
- Full UK/EU Drivers Licence and access to their own transport (car/motorbike/moped) highly desirable.
Benefits:
- Flexible working patterns: Part-Time and Full-Time opportunities available (Permanent & Contract).
- Competitive Salary.
- Travel subsistence paid.
- Full P.P.E. provided to all workers.
- Career progression available.
Feel free to give us a call to have an informal chat and to find out more about the role and set yourself on a pathway to a successful new career. IMMEDIATE STARTS AVAILABLE!
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