Care Assistant

**Home Care Assistant**

**Part time hours across Derby inc. Spondon, Borrowash, Chaddesden, Alvaston & Aston-on-Trent**

**From 0700-1700**

**Derby - £10.00- £14.67 per hour - Weekly Pay**

**All Training Paid**

We are recruiting an experienced home care assistant to support our service users across the Derby area. Some of our client’s require short visits (no less than half an hour), whilst other require extended shifts to meet a multitude of needs (up to 12 hours). We work to support a diverse range of diagnoses; Dementia, Motor Neurone Disease, Acquired Spinal Injury, Parkinson’s and Challenging Behaviour. Each client has a detailed care plan written with them to ensure that all care staff conduct visits to their specified requirements and within legislation. We really do have something for all - and we offer fully funded NVQ’s to those who wish to pursue a certified qualification.

**You would be supporting individuals to live independently within their own homes, on a flexible roster, and would have consistent individuals with whom you would build a rapport with.**

**Your role will include**:

- Prompting and administering medication
- Helping with the preparation of meals and drinks
- Assisting with activities of daily living such domestic duties and personal care
- Supporting community visits
- Maintaining and updating reports such as care plans
- Undertaking training for Complex Care Interventions - this could lead to further training to support individuals who require Suctioning, Ventilation and PEG with further pay enhancements.

**Being employed as a Carer by us means**:

- Support and 1:1 training from our Branch Nurses for Complex Interventions such as Rectal Medications, Bladder Wash Outs and Epilepsy Rescue Medications
- Consistent clients with scheduled visits
- Comprehensive Care and Support Plans written closely with the service users and their families
- Enhanced rates of pay on bank holidays, weekends and after 8pm each day
- 24/7 support from the branch team including an Out Of Hours telephone service
- Continued professional development to support you and your career, including fully funded NVQ
- levels 2 and 3 together with face-to-face support from trained care staff and Branch Nurses.
- Free uniform, DBS and PPE
- Pension scheme
- Employee assistance line - available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
- Post-employment eLearning paid at £10 per hou
- **Get paid to train We now offer paid training as you come through your recruitment journey**:
**We’re looking for**:

- Outgoing and dynamic individuals with a person-centred approach
- Ability to work well within a wider team to underpin support and to strive for excellence in all tasks
- Paid previous experience within the Health Care Sector (hospital setting, Care Home setting or Community Setting)
- Excellent communication skills
- A driver’s licence & your own car to travel to shifts is essential
- Good professional and personal references

We want to make life better for more people. As a Care Assistant you’ll be joining us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients. We want to make life better for you too, so you will have a contract of employment and all the support and development you need to thrive in your role and developing your career.
- Six months’ paid experience in care such as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, support worker, personal healthcare assistant, care worker or similar._
- Mileage paid is 35p per mile in between client visits._
- _WAV = Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle. Driving licence restrictions and insurance limitations apply._