Care Assistant

Work with Forest Homecare

**Job Title: Care Assistant**

**Location: Uttlesford, Essex**

**Division: Homecare**

**Responsible to: Coordinator / Senior Carer**

**Hours: Part Time & Full Time (flexible)**

**Salary: £11.68 per hour**

**Enhancements**:
**Weekend £12.08**

**Bank Holiday £14.96**

**£300 WELCOME BONUS FOR NEW JOINERS (PAYABLE AFTER 3 MONTHS)**

Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Uttlesford. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided.

You will be part of an established family-run care agency that operates throughout Essex & Suffolk.

CQC Rated ‘Outstanding’

We pride ourselves on working in partnership with professionals to ensure we provide a strength-based, outcomes-focused approach to our work.

**Your main duties will include**:

- Helping our Service Users maintain their independence and dignity.
- Assisting our Service Users with all aspects of personal care such as dressing, undressing, bathing, and toileting.
- Supporting with preparing and serving meals.
- Maintaining the service user's physical environment including laundry, changing, and making beds, tidying, and light cleaning duties
- Working in partnership with all relevant professionals to provide a strength-based, outcomes-focused approach to your work.

We provide care 365 days a year between the hours of 6 am to 11 pm and split this over 4 shifts (Morning, Lunch, Tea, and Bed).

We can offer you full or part-time hours including every other weekend or one day every weekend.

**Experience**:
Forest Homecare is committed to ongoing training and supervision, qualifications, and continuing professional development. We also provide an extensive induction on the commencement of employment. Therefore, experience is not essential, just a willingness to learn and implement all necessary skills for the safety and well-being of the service users.

**Essential**:

- Have a naturally caring and compassionate nature
- Be reliable and honest
- Understand the importance of maintaining our Service Users’ dignity and respect
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Car owners - this is essential due to the location of our Service Users

**What we can offer you**:

- Work in your local community
- Paid induction training with regular updates
- Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Qualifications
- Free DBS Check (if required)
- Uniforms and PPE provided
- Full or Part Time Hours with flexible shifts suitable for you
- Mileage paid dependent on area and travel requirements
- Holiday Pay
- Annual Salary reviews
- Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme paying up to £500 per successful referral
- £300 welcome bonus* (Terms and Conditions apply)
- Join a great team working for a highly respected organization
- Support & encouragement to progress and reach your full potential within your chosen career

**Salary**: From £11.68 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
- Signing bonus
- Yearly bonus

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: CA -CH