Care Assistant

We have an excellent career opportunity for the role of **Home Care Assistant **to join our amazing team here at **Aceso Home Care** in the Middlewich area. Please note we also have roles in Alsager and Sandbach if this is closer for you.

**Pay rates**:
Home Care Assistant pay rate is £12.00 an hour working midweek and £12.50 per hour working weekends with Travel time paid at £11.44 per hour.

Our Support Worker pay rates are £11.75 per hour working midweek and £12.25 per hour working on weekends.

**Working times**:

- 7 am to 3pm shifts and
- 3pm to 10:30pm shifts

**Are you a team player? Are you motivated by helping other people, driven to make other people happy? Hard working and determined to make a difference in people’s lives everyday? Are you a kind and compassionate person looking for a new chapter in your career? Then we want to hear from you**

**Why do people choose to work with our amazing team?**
- We are passionate about providing high quality care tailored to the needs of our clients
- We enrich lives and are completely dependable
- We are kind in our approach and flexible with staff and shift patterns
- We are a local business with family values
- We have a knowledgeable and highly skilled team
- We are strong advocates of staff personal development and training
- We have in house training delivered in person not a screen
- We support all our staff equally with an open door policy
- We have one of highest numeration packages in the area, including paid travel time
- We pride ourselves in the quality of care we deliver CQC rated good with Outstanding in Caring
- You will have complete support from our Management team
- We have excellent retention rates - people choose to stay with us for a long time :)

**Who are we and what should you choose to work WITH us, not for us**

Aceso Home Care is a Cheshire-based home care company, providing personal care and help with daily living across south and east Cheshire. Areas we cover include Nantwich, Crewe, Audlem, Middlewich, Winsford, Holmes Chapel, Sandbach, and Alsager.

Our home care services are for anyone who needs help to live independently in their own home, whatever their age or condition.

Building caring relationships, we give tailored support that removes practical difficulties and enriches lives.

Only people with the right personal qualities make it onto our care team - people who are sensitive, kind, and compassionate. Our recruitment process starts with background checks and an in-depth interview. There’s then a 12-week training and probationary period before we decide whether to make a permanent job offer.

Carers are supported by our experienced management team, who provide ongoing training and support. The team includes a Registered Care Manager who is closely involved with front line staff and clients. You’re welcome to call us at any time, or pop into the office for a chat.

**What values do we look for in our staff?**
- Excellent Communication Skills.
- To be Kind, caring and empathetic.
- We want to speak with staff who have a ‘can do’ attitude
- To show a professional attitude at all times
- We look for people with a story to tell and you genuinely wake up on a morning looking forward to helping other people.
- A natural passion for companionship where you really enjoy helping other people.
- To maintain Professionalism at all times
- Be able to cook basic meals for the people we care for

**Key responsibilities**:
We offer person centred care packages tailored to suit each individual taking into account what their preferences and needs are, such as:

- Cleaning calls.
- Shopping calls.
- Catheter care
- Hoisting
- PEG feeding
- Turners/Molifts and Medication Administration

**Essential criteria**:

- You’re a positive person who sees optimism in every situation.
- Loyalty
- Thoughtful
- Honest
- Caring
- Compassionate
- Polite
- Smartly turned out
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible
- Knowledgeable
- Eager to learn
- You show a professional manner at all times.
- Friendly attitude towards all staff and clients.
- Your own car is needed for this role.
- We do not offer sponsorship.
- Able to work alternative weekends (this makes it fair for all staff).

You do **NOT **need previous care experience to work with our team at **Aceso Home Care. **We care about people’s values, what makes them happy, why they want to work in care and more importantly - how can they make people feel happy, safe and independent as much as possible.

**Become part of the Aceso Family We pride ourselves on being so much more than just an employer, we are a supportive, friendly network of people with a passion for caring and supporting others and supporting you in your role.**

We can’t wait to hear from you. Please **‘APPLY’ **now and one of our friendly team will be in touch with you within 24 hours.

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

Pay: £12.00-£18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 16 - 40 per week

**Benefits**: