Homecare Assistant

No experience or qualification necessary

What you'll do

Provide a Community Home Care Service to older people in their own homes, as well as working with the Care and Support Manager to deliver a high standard of companionship, care and support to tenants in the scheme enabling them to maintain their independent living skills.

Encourage their social interaction with family, friends, other residents and community organisations

About you
Aged 17 years or over

A genuine desire to help others and make a positive contribution from day one

A friendly, committed, flexible team player, with a compassionate person-centred approach

No care experience or qualification is necessary as you will be fully trained on the job.

For those staff wishing to develop and obtain a qualification, we offer a level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and recognise this achievement with a one-off payment of £250.

You must have a full, clean UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes as we provide care to customers within a 5 mile radius of the scheme

We can offer

• Our unique
  recruitment and retention payment of
  £150 after completion of 6 months' successful probationary period and
  £100 on completion of a further 6 months' continuous service
• 28 days holiday increasing to 33 days inclusive of Bank Holidays (pro rata for parttime staff), depending on length of service
• Holiday purchase scheme up to 5 days per year (pro rata for parttime staff
• Company sick pay scheme
• 45p per mile mileage allowance and paid travel time
• Refer a Friend Scheme (£250)
• Contributory pension scheme which both you and CHS will contribute to
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted gym membership (4 schemes)
• Corporate members of Edenred Travel Club
• Free on site/nearby parking
• Free tunics
• Free DBS check
• Full induction

For an informal chat about the post, please contact Care and Support Manager on

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