Care Worker

**Join us today and make the Alina Homecare difference.**

**£500 Welcome Bonus available - limited time only**

**Mileage Expenses Paid Every 2 Weeks - We pay mileage back every 2 weeks to help with fuel costs / expenses.**

We are looking for kind and caring people who want to make a difference to the lives of others.

If you have a caring attitude and willingness to make a difference, come and join our fantastic team based in Cambridge and the surrounding areas. You won’t regret it.

At Alina Homecare we feel our care staff are just as important as the people we care for. We really feel we stand out from other care providers and our aim is to always provide top quality care for our customers. We genuinely feel that we are different to other care providers and treat our all our staff with the highest of respect constantly listening, engaging, and learning.

As one of our Care Assistants you will get to meet our wonderful clients and build relationships. Not only do we offer fantastic rates of pay, job satisfaction and very flexible hours that suit you, we also offer the following.

**Benefits of joining**
- Great rates of pay - UP TO £16.00 per hour
- Paid Travel Time
- Enhanced rates of pay for bank holidays
- Paid Mileage - we pay mileage back every 2 weeks to help with fuel costs
- Guaranteed Hours Available (to reassure you that you will have a constant regular wage)
- Flexible hours that work around you
- Evening work available / part time / full time / weekday / weekend
- Career development - Alina Ambassador Scheme
- Local work available
- Free Personal Protective Equipment provided
- Paid holiday
- Free Care certificate Induction training
- Ongoing Training with The Alina Academy
- £500 Referral Scheme
- Paid refresher training
- Free Care Assistant uniform
- Opportunity to study for Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Exclusive Care Assistant employee discounts on your favourite brands helping you make great savings
- Exceptional support from our office staff and existing Care Assistants
- Competitive leasing deals on new cars for you, your family & friends
- Wellbeing Support - We take your wellbeing seriously and provide lots of exclusive support to help mind, body, and soul.

**Duties involved**

As a Care Assistant you could be the highlight of somebody’s day or you could be there for them in their darkest hour, but you’ll do it all with the full support of our fantastic team of office staff and existing Care Assistants. Below are some examples of what our clients may need your support with.

Light cleaning, laundry, shopping, meal preparation, medication, personal care, help to get dressed, washing and bathing, medical appointments, day centres, appointments, and social activities.

If you think that you could make a difference to someone’s day and genuinely care about people, then we are looking for you.

**Requirements**:
A caring attitude and a willingness to make a difference

A desire to see elderly and vulnerable people treated with care and respect

Reliability, flexibility, hard work and honesty

Good communication skills and good teamwork skills

In order to ensure the safety of staff and the vulnerable people we support during the Covid-19 pandemic, all staff will be required to comply with company, PHE and government recommendations including weekly testing.

Care Assistant / Care Worker / Carer / HCA / Community Care Worker / Domiciliary Care Worker / Health Care Assistant

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

**Salary**: Up to £16.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount

**Experience**:

- Home care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road