Weekend Home Care Assistant

3 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Specialist Care Team Full time

Flexible working arrangements available

Help spread smiles across North Manchester, Prestwich, for people who need your help. Our team of community Care Assistants make a difference for those who want to live independently. No previous experience is required, just the right values and passion to do good.

We are recruiting for weekend shifts.
Driving licence and access to a car is essential

As a member of our community team, you'll make a difference for the people you support by enabling them to live happy lives, while promoting their independence.

We pay more than most adult social care providers and we believe that excellence should be rewarded. We have lots of opportunities for personal development and career progression through our training and development programmes.
- Rate: £11.00-11.20 per hour (£23,056-23,500 per annum)
- Guaranteed contracted hours from Day 1
- Full pay for any travel time
- Full pay when training
- No Rota Gaps
- Free mobile phone
- Free uniform
- Free DBS check
- Same Day Pay available
- Driving licence and access to a car is essential

As part of our highly-trained team you will work with people to enable them to live happy lives, while promoting their independence. We're looking for those who are either experienced in the care sector as a Care Assistant or those who have the right values for the role.

You will assist people with daily living, from personal care to meeting with friends and family, accessing the local community, budgeting, medications and daily household tasks.

Here's some of the highlights of working at Specialist Care Team...
- We pay more - We believe in paying a fair price for an outstanding job from our team members. Our rates start at £11.00 per hour for our community drivers, and they increase if you take on extra responsibilities - we are also recruiting for Team Leaders
- Flexible working - Whether you have regular driving lessons, play badminton on a Thursday night or need to look after a family member, we understand you may have commitments elsewhere and will always aim to have a flexible approach to your availability
- Guaranteed contract hours - We don't believe in offering 'zero hour' contracts as standard - all of our team members have a guaranteed number of hours each week, which can range anywhere from 8-40 hours depending on whether you want to work part
- or full-time.
- Going the extra mile - If you need to travel during work, no matter if it's the bus or using your own vehicle we will reimburse your travel costs.
- Investing in you - You need the best tools to carry out a high level of care, and that's why you'll be fully-trained by our in-house team and members of our community team are given a work mobile phone so you can perform to the best of your ability

**What we need from you**:
Everyone working in social care needs a good standard of English, as well as numeracy and digital skills. You will need to enjoy working in a team and you need to be good at problem solving.

**Additional skills required to be join our team include**:

- the ability to be organised
- good listening and communication skills
- to understand and follow policies and procedures
- good writing skills to fill in records


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