Senior Care Assistant

MUST BE A RESIDENT IN THE UK, WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

Blossom Home Care in York is a local family-owned business, part of a network who have proudly cared for people across the region since 2015. Meet the team who will support you:

- Paige, our RM has worked across many local care companies and was genuinely shocked when she joined Blossom, shocked at how much better we are than ALL the rest
- Darren, our Deputy Manager has progressed through the company, first starting as a Senior Care assistant, progressing to Quality Assurance manager and is now the Deputy Manager.
- Working for Blossom The most rewarding care job in Selby, and here’s whybecause we provide care and support to our clients
- support in so many positive and rewarding ways.

Each client’s care plan is set up to maintain the elements of their life they love - leading to happier more grateful people to care for. Premium care doesn’t mean more pressure for you, longer visit times take the pressure off so you can chat and interact with each client and build proper relationships.

In summary:

- Premium pay and benefits from day 1
- A wonderful positive team culture
- Realistic care packages that include time to chat
- An App to give you clarity of your time and tasks
- Prospects for progression into higher paid roles Your skills and experience:

- You don’t need any experience, our training is super thorough
- You do need a positive caring attitude
- Punctuality, appearance and manners are vitally important.

Who you’ll be caring for: You will be supporting people from many varied backgrounds, with different needs wishes and aspirations. From the gentleman in his 50's who is extremely independent but requires support with personal care, who has many wide and varied interests, from classical music to watching Christmas movies all year round, to the gentleman in his 90's who is a real Character and is known by everyone in his village, this gentleman lives alone and requires assistance with personal care and medication and meal preparation, and also loves to chat and recount his many tales of country days gone by.

No 2 days will be the same, this is predominately a rural area so the added bonus is you get to enjoy the lovely local countryside whilst you work.

You will provide personal care to those who need it, shopping calls, general domestic duties, also you will have time to provide companionship to those who need it most. You will complete assessments and care reviews along with taking the on-call on a rota basis supported by managers.

Supply the contact details of at least one previous employer for a reference
- Be willing to undergo DBS checks, if required
- Provide full right to work documentation
- Have your own transport to travel between clients homes (mileage paid)

Benefits: Holiday pay / Signing bonus / Referral rewards programme / Performance awards and rewards

Schedule: Monday to Sunday Availability on a rota basis.

Experience: none required, full training provided Licence/Certification: DBS certificate (preferred) Full driving licence and access to own vehicle required

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

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Part-time
Part-time hours: 10-40 per week

**Salary**: £14.00-£15.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Selby, North Yorkshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- providing care: 1 year (preferred)
- supervisory: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)