Care Assistant

Liberty Private Care are looking for a Care Assistant to join our select team to work 25-30 hours a week including working alternate weekends. You need to be flexible in your availability, be a car driver with use of a car and have at least 2 years experience in a regulated adult care service and an NVQ 2 as minimum. We do welcome carers without an NVQ, however, the hourly rate without an NVQ is £13.50/hr Monday-Friday & £14.50/hr at the weekend.

If you have experience in complex care our pay rates start at £15.25/hr

We provide comprehensive training both during your paid induction and during your time working for us. All of our visits are a minimum of one hour so you are not rushed in providing your care and you are not only paid mileage at 35 pence/mile but you are paid the travel time between clients as well.

Benefits include:

- Flexible working hours
- Paid travel time
- Paid mileage at 35p/mile
- Full entitlement of paid annual leave
- Uniform Provided
- Paid DBS & Referral service
- Employer contributed pension scheme
- Paid training time & funded care qualifications
- Blue Light card
- Interest free staff loans
- Regular staff social activities
- Carer of the Year Award
- Annual Award Dinner
- Support from experienced management team
- Be respected, valued and be part of a successful team.

**We provide care for a minimum of 1 hour for each client**

**About The Role**

Your role will include:

- Helping with personal care
- Companionship
- Helping with mobility around the home
- Overseeing safe medication management
- Preparing and cooking meals
- Running errands such as shopping or collection prescriptions
- Support with attending medical appointments
- Taking observations if necessary
- Complex Care if you have experience

So come and join our amazing family of carers and make a difference in someone’s life every day.

**Required Criteria**
- Show high standards of personal and professional behaviour
- Take appropriate action if your or our ethics and values are compromised
- Have self-awareness and awareness of other people’s responses to your actions
- Have at least 2 years experience in care
- Be a car driver with use of a car
- Have the right to work in the UK

**Desired Criteria**
- NVQ in Adult Social Care Experience with complex care

**Skills Needed**

Keeping People Informed, Teamworking, Listening to patients, Providing Care, Administering Medicine, Empathy, Paperwork and Record Keeping

**About The Company**

**Liberty Private Care** was founded by husband and wife team, Andrew and Fiona Key in 2019 when Fiona was unable to find the standard of care that she wanted for her own mother. Together, Fiona and Andrew have more than 75 years nursing and care experience and have worked in the NHS, for care agencies, residential care and nursing homes, and also run a successful homecare company in north-west England.

At Liberty Private Care we provide care that bridges the gap between traditional home care and nursing by giving our carers enhanced training above the norm, including RESTORE2 so that they can take observations for their clients if there are any concerns about them. We’ve also proactively worked with local and national bodies to improve care standards through innovation and training.

Andrew worked closely with organisations to help create and define the ‘Six Steps End of Life Accreditation’ for community care and Liberty Private Care earned this accreditation from the Countess Mountbatten Hospice in Southampton. We are one of the top 20 home care providers.

**Company Culture**

Liberty Private Care has always been managed by people with hands-on experience in the social and healthcare sector. All the carers have a minimum of 2 years previous care experience before they start working for Liberty Private Care and nearly all the carers have an NVQ 2 or higher.

Alongside the quality of carers that we provide, our management team also provide a concierge service, going the extra mile in helping our clients and their families with things. This is particularly useful where family members don’t live locally or where families are time poor.

Liberty Private Care stand out from the crowd in the quality of staff and the service we provide.

We pride ourselves on giving our team the knowledge and training to develop new skills to achieve qualifications. In exchange, we offer the most competitive rates in the region, plus pension and recruitment bonuses.

**The majority of our training is led by our registered nurse at our premises in Christchurch, where we have dedicated, modern training facilities.**

**Company Benefits**

Comprehensive induction training

Competitive rates of pay

Supportive management team which encourages two-way feedback

Working within a close-knit team for a local independent home care provider

Opportunities for structured career advancement - encouragement for higher qualifications

Consistent week by week rotas where possible

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