Care Assistant

2 days ago

BurnhamonSea, United Kingdom Prestige Nursing + Care Full time

**Care Assistant - TA8**

**Shift Patterns - 09:00 - 15:00 and 20:00 - 08:00 (Monday - Sunday)**

**We are expanding our support team in the TA8 area, this vacancy is to support a lady in her early 60’s with complex Parkinson, Myasthenia Gravisia, dyskinisia, Painful Anterocollis, Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, This client is mobile and can communicate, manages her own personal care generally but may need help if she is having a bad day. She will need support with administering medication, light household duties, and accessing the community which means being a driver with business insurance is a requirement for this role.**

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.

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

- £10.00 - £14.20 per hour
- You will be paid for post-employment e-Learning at £9.50 per hour
- Enhanced rates of pay on bank holidays
- Paid mileage for client visits and outings
- A variety of rotas to suit your lifestyle
- Access to weekly Covid-19 testing and support from your local branch throughout the current pandemic
- PPE
- Weekly pay
- Continued professional development to support you and your career
- Free uniform and DBS
- Holiday pay
- Pension scheme
- Working closely with your local branch
- Employee assistance line - available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff

**Your role will include**:

- Administering medication
- Helping with the preparation of meals and drinks
- Assisting with activities of daily living, domestic duties and personal care
- Maintaining and updating reports such as care plans

**We’re looking for**:

- Six months’ paid experience in care such as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, personal healthcare assistant, care worker or similar.
- Excellent communication skills
- A driver’s licence is a requirement
- Good professional and personal references

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 33 local offices in England and Scotland. We look after a variety of clients in their own homes and we also work with local care homes, nursing homes and the NHS. We care for children, young adults and the elderly. Some may have dementia, Alzheimer’s, challenging behaviours or other complex needs.

If you have experience as a care worker, healthcare assistant, carer, night care assistant, support worker, caregiver, live in carer or another type of care we are keen to talk to you.

Please note, carers who work in hospitals or care homes will work with us as ‘agency workers’ under ‘terms of engagement’.

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