Community Care Worker

3 days ago


Ballymena, United Kingdom Optimum Care Full time

**Are you looking for a rewarding role in care where your work is valued?**

Join our Community Care team. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in you as a Carer as you are the backbone of our community services. We invest heavily in providing you with quality training and continuing support.

With the number of people in Northern Ireland needing domiciliary care at home continually increasing, we need people just like you to help care for these people sharing our values of Teamwork & Partnership, Quality & Best Practice, Openness & Honesty, and most importantly, Kindness, Understanding and Respect.
**Why join us?**

If you become a Community Care Worker for Optimum Care, here is what you get in return:

- Excellent pay rates - **£11.54ph **(hourly rate £10.40 + 21p per mile mileage )
- Highest Bank Holiday rates - up to **£20.80ph**:

- **Market-leading training **- our staff comment on how they feel most equipped to do their job after receiving our specialised training
- Permanent contract with guaranteed hours (**No zero-hour contracts**)
- **No upfront cos**t for your Access NI
- **Free** uniform
- Refer a Caring Friend scheme - **£100 bonus**:

- Quick turnaround for interview and induction
- **Career progression** & further education opportunities
- Daily support from the office team
**What you’ll be doing**:

- Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing.
- Provide refreshments and light snacks.
- Prompt and administer medication.
- Assist with practical support such as light cleaning, fire lighting, and shopping, dish-washing, laundry, cleaning and maintaining spectacles, false teeth and hearing aids.
- Assist client to move safely which may require the use of moving and handling aids such as. hoists and slide sheets.
- Provide a care sitting service to give respite to other carers such as family members.
- Encourage and promote client independence and choice, and uphold client rights and dignity.
Do you meet the Essential Criteria?
- Having a desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home
- Full driving license
- Access to a car
- Access to own mobile phone
Shift Patterns:
Day Shift: 7am - 6pm

Evening Shift: 6pm - 11pm
- to provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift.

If you have the desire to care for vulnerable adults in their homes helping them maintain their independence and meet the essential criteria above then we want to hear from you

We are an equal opportunities employer.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.40-£20.80 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Referral programme
Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
Provided with full PPE (masks, visors, gloves, aprons, hand sanitiser) for the job role.

Application question(s):

- Are you looking for full-time or part-time work?
- When is the best time to contact you?
- Are you a previous employee of Optimum Care?
- Please provide your home address below:
Licence/Certification:

- drivers license and access to a car? (required)
Shift availability:

- Day shift (preferred)
- Night shift (preferred)
Work remotely:

- No


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