Care Assistant

6 months ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Home Instead Full time

Company Description

At Home Instead we call our carers 'Care Professionals', because that's exactly what they are. As a company Home Instead have ambitions to reform the care sector by offering professional carers a ‘proper job’. We run an award-winning service with a reputation for delivering high quality care. We support older people to live safe, happy and independent lives in their own homes, where they want to be. Our team in Oldham & Saddleworth have been rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC since 2016.

**What we can offer you in addition to your salary**:

- Flexible working pattern to meet the needs of the business but equally provide a healthy work-life balance
- Paid travel time and mileage between clients
- Paid Induction Training
- Paid DBS check
- Enhanced rates of pay for evenings and weekends (£13.25 per hour)
- Double time on bank holidays
- Minimum 1-hour visits (no 15 minute or half hour calls)
- Learning and Development programme with access to national qualifications
- On Call Support when you are on shift in the evening and weekends
- Care Professional meetings and social events
- 3% Pension contribution (for qualifying employees)
- Employee Referral Scheme (up to £250 for each referral)
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Loyalty Scheme
- High Street Retailer Discount Scheme

**Job Description**:
If you’re looking for regular hours and have good, consistent availability we can offer you a monthly guaranteed minimum income. Working on average 3 or 4 days per week including alternate weekends, shift patterns will be assigned on a set rota, examples below:

- 8am - 2pm & 4pm - 9pm (Full time)
- 8am - 2pm (Part time mornings)
- 4pm - 9pm (Part time evenings)

If you’re looking for more flexibility, we also offer zero-hour contracts. This often suits people who don’t want as many hours, have less availability, or those wanting to provide companionship services only.

Regardless of your contractual arrangements, you’ll work with regular clients and provide a minimum of one-hour visits (companionship calls are often 2 - 4 hours long). Our aim is to provide proper care to our clients and be the employer of choice within the care sector.

As a Care Professional you will be responsible for supporting clients to undertake tasks in their daily routine such as: washing, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, and medication administration. Other duties may include companionship, laundry or basic housekeeping. You will be supporting clients who have a variety of health conditions such as frailty and dementia. You will be helping to prevent loneliness, identify changes in health conditions, lift people’s mood and enhance the overall wellbeing of our clients.

You need to be honest, reliable and passionate about caring for clients within your community. You also need a valid driving licence and your own transport.

**Qualifications**:
We would welcome individuals who can demonstrate their experience of care in a professional or personal capacity, however full training will be given.

Additional Information

£12.25 - £13.25 per hour (double time on BH’s)

If you have any queries and/or would an informal discussion before applying, please do not hesitate to contact the recruitment team on 01457 874566.


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