Job details
Closing date:
15/04/2024
Location:
Bradford on Avon, Corsley, Limpley Stoke, Maiden Bradley, Mere, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Zeals
Contract type:
Flexible, Full time, Part time
Overview
Job Type(s): Full and part time positions available
Salary: £11.00 rising to £12.00 per hour after probationary period (3 months)
We currently have opportunities for both full and part-time Care and Support Workers or Care Professionals in Warminster, Trowbridge and the surrounding areas. We have availability between 7am-2pm, 4pm-10pm, and alternate weekends.
What we can offer you:
- Competitive mileage and travel time
- Full and ongoing training + Career progression
- Care Friends Referral and bonus scheme
- Smart Phone
- 28 days pro-rata Annual Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace Pension (subject to conditions)
- Uniform and Full PPE for all staff to protect staff and clients
- Rewarding work that allows you to have a meaningful impact on others
Key Responsibilities of a Care Support Worker:
- Getting to know your clients, and their interests and needs
- Giving emotional and practical support to your clients
- Assisting with personal care (washing, toileting, dressing) domestic household tasks and food preparation.
- Assisting with medication, use of mobility aids and personal equipment where required.
- To report to the registered manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a client.
- To encourage and enable our clients to remain as independent as possible whilst acting in their best interests and protecting and safeguarding their wellbeing.
- Clearly record all care notes on a handheld device after each visit.
Desirable Attributes:
- Sensitivity and understanding
- The ability to work well with others
- Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- The ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
- To be thorough and pay attention to detail
- A desire to help people
If this sounds appealing to you, and you fancy joining a company that has been caring for people of all ages in their own homes for 35 years, as well as being recognised as a Top 20 Recommended Home Care Group in the UK for 2019, 2020 and 2022 by homecare.co.uk, what are you waiting for?