Care Assistant

Location: Whitchurch

Pay Rate: £13 per hour (Days) £13.50 per hour (Nights) £11.44 per hour (Sleep nights)

Shifts Available: 12-hour shifts available 

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As a Complex Care Assistant, you'll deliver award-winning care to support our clients in their own homes to help maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Work for the largest care company in the UK
• Benefits and Well-being Platform
• Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral
• Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Paid training – online and face-to-face
• Self-development – progression opportunities
• Enhanced occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Death in Service Payment
• Pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our in-house app
• Book an interview at a time and date to suit you

What you'll do

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and enhance skills in various complex areas such as personal care, medication administration, catheter care, bowel care.

You will be caring for a gentleman who had a car accident at a young age, which left him paralyzed with Spinal Cord Injury. However, he has never let this stop him from pursuing his passions and living life to the fullest. Now, He is looking for dedicated care assistants to join his team and help him continue this journey.

About Him

• Sci-Fi Enthusiast: He loves anything sci-fi and regularly attend comic cons. He is fan of Star Trek and Doctor Who conventions.
• Music Lover: He used to play drums, guitar, and keyboards in a band. Though he can no longer play, music remains a huge part of his life. He enjoys attending concerts and listening to music at home.
• Tech Geek: He has a passion for building and using computers. He loves using his PC for films, music, and games.
• Active Lifestyle: Staying active is important to him, and he enjoys doing exercises to keep himself focused and energized.

What you'll need

You will provide daily assistance and care to gentleman who has Spinal Cord Injury. You will help him to attend events and pursue his hobbies. You will support him in maintaining and active and fulfilling lifestyle.

You don't need any care experience to apply for this role, just plenty of care, compassion, and resilience as we provide full nurse-led training.

What We Are Looking For

• Confident and empathetic care assistants
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated individuals who can help enhance his quality of life
• You must hold a full driving licence and able drive the client's manual car

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country, and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.

Keywords: Carer, Care Assistant, Care Professional, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers