Senior Home Care Assistant

Join us as either a Senior Home Care Assistant **OR** Trainee Senior Home Care Assistant **1. Quality Reputation - **carers come to us for a senior opportunity and a fresh new start in a family run, local company renowned for it's quality **2. Management** - we're supportive, appreciative, friendly and professional leaders with a very open door culture - leaders that listen and respond to your enquiries, backing you and enabling you to put your skills to greater use within our teams. Were CQC rated outstanding and good (Outstanding for responsiveness) and we'll support the right people to have great future prospects in a company where our coordinators, managers and trainers were promoted from senior carer positions. **3. Benefits package -** Up to £11.20 per hour, (fantastic 2021 **bonus package** - details in interview), on call bonus, plus **paid travel time plus mileage** contribution between clients, **contracted hours** as soon as you start, loyalty bonuses, handy **weekly pay **etc Join our family run home care company as either a Trainee Senior Home Carer or come straight in as a Senior Home Carer. You can also choose to join the area team nearest to where you live (we have 8 teams). You'll have a fantastic opportunity to remain hands-on home caring, but you will be progressing your care career to the next level within our amazing home care team. You'll create your own training plan with us, have great development opportunities, a secure permanent contract, on-call bonus, overtime opportunities, achievable long term prospects, management pathways for the right people, and the backing of a very supportive and responsive leadership team who will always be there with you. We are one big team. There will be a choice of teams for you to join including Carlisle or Brampton or Penrith or Appleby or Keswick or Kirkby Stephen teams - £10.41(trainee) - up to £11.20 per hour - Paid travel time between clients - Permanent contract - Additional weekly bonus payment when on call - Very secure career in the continually growing home care sector - 25p per mile fuel allowance between clients - Up to 6 months senior carer training - Supportive mentoring and support pathway that changes to suite your specific requirements and needs - Achievable promotion prospects if you want to progress (all our coordinators and care managers were promoted from senior carers) - Diploma opportunities (2,3,5) - Handy weekly pay - Work in a company you can be proud of - CQC rated Outstanding and Good - Friendly, family run company where you're free to contact managers and coordinators about anything - Very open door culture - Even more of a chance to influence and develop the lives of carers and clients alike **THIS is what our team are looking for in a senior home care colleague** - You will be aware of the home care working environment and the support needs of much older, more frail adults - You’ll be keen to remain part of your local home care team as a hands-on home carer as well as carry out senior carer duties - You will identify, communicate, relate to colleagues and clients/partners as a home carer as well as senior carer and team leader - You will want to develop your existing care skills and existing understanding of the care policies and procedures that quality home care binds you to - You’ll grow your skills during your first few months so that you will eventually be able to confidently monitor your teams performance and identify where care could be improved. - You will be a kind, supportive, compassionate, constantly professional, positive person with an enthusiastic approach - a real role model throughout your training and throughout your career with us. - Your ‘people person’ approach will settle you into your team where you can develop your reputation for high standards of professional behaviour - You will be a very person centred carer always ensuring the dignity and respect of clients is achieved, but you'll also respect every one of your care colleagues, your clients, the working partners we engage with and your company at all times. - We’d love you to plan to enrol for a minimum of an NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health & Social Care (higher if you wish) and develop your leadership skills. **_“I want to be the kind of senior carer that carers can trust and know that they can come to me about anything at all, and I want to help my team work together to give our clients the very best care that they deserve"_** - Please send us your Indeed CV or cover letter - We will organise your interview date and time - Our interviews are confidential, relaxed and informal so please don't worry. - We welcome job chats if you want to discuss anything before you apply. Job chats are carried out in the strictest confidence. **_Thank you very much for reading our advert and 'Good Luck'_** **Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent **Salary**: £10.92-£11.20 per hour Additional pay: - Bonus scheme - Loyalty bonus