Employer: Right at Home Bishop’s Stortford & Braintree
Position: Community Care Assistant
Salary: £14.20 – £14.40 an hour
Job Type: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Work location: Stevenage (north London)
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
New to care or experienced applicants welcome!
If you’re passionate, caring and looking for a rewarding job with excellent training and great opportunities, join Right at Home Stevenage, Bishop’s Stortford & Braintree to make a real difference.
Watch the link below to find out more about what a day in the life as a Carer may be like.
Right at Home Stevenage, Bishop’s Stortford & Braintree is a friendly, professional, local home-care provider that recognises that its employees are its greatest asset. Our company really is built around the amazing work that all of our Care Assistants do every day. We are looking for Care Assistants who are flexible and reliable to help us continue providing the highest standard of care for our clients in the local area. Whether you’ve got experience in care or it’s a completely new career, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for caring, friendly, and reliable individuals who love helping others – people who want to make a difference to the lives of our clients by providing the highest level of care.
What we offer our Care Assistants:
- Competitive hourly rates £14.20ph Weekdays and £14.40ph Weekend and Enhancement on Bank Holidays
- Mileage pay is at 40p per mile
- Paid Holiday
- Free DBS
- Award-winning training and ongoing support
- Access to further learning
- Clear career progression routes
- Flexible hours
- Blue light card
Duties will include:
- Motivating Clients to get the most out of their day
- Personal care
- Administering medication
- Assisting Clients with washing and dressing
- Shopping
- Housekeeping
- Meal preparation
- Taking Clients for appointments or outings
Requirements of a Care Assistant:
- Must hold a full and valid UK or EU/EEA driving licence and have access to their own vehicle
- Be able to offer availability either early mornings (from 7 am), afternoon (from 2 pm) or evening (from 5 pm), and every other weekend
- Commit to attending a 3-day training course
- Live locally to Stevenage, Letchworth & Hitchin, and surrounding areas
- Have or be willing to obtain business vehicle insurance
If you have experience as a Care Assistant, Support Worker, Carer, HCA, Health Care Assistant or in the NHS we would love to hear from you. However, if you do not have experience, we provide full training and encourage candidates from all sectors to apply, for example: retail sales assistant, customer service, hairdressers/beauticians, receptionist, administrator, cleaners, warehouse workers and delivery drivers. This could be the start of your new career, with our full support and outstanding training, anything is possible if you put your head and heart into it.
Right at Home is an equal opportunity employer, and we are determined to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of personal or protected characteristics.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 10-hour shift
- 12-hour shift
- 8-hour shift
- Day shift
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only
Licence/Certification:
- UK or EU/EEA driving licence and have access to your own vehicle (required)
Work Location: On the road
Reference ID: Community Care Assistant
Application Process
If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!