Position Overview & Specifications
Applicants must be based in Tyneside, UK.
Do you have retail experience? Enjoy working in a customer facing role but want to try something new? A career in care could be perfect for you.
Shift pay rather than pay per call, which means you are paid from the start of your first call to the end of your last call within a shift.*
Pay: £11.00 p/hr (drivers) - £10.50 p/hr (walkers)
- Mileage - 40p per mile
- Full-time & Part-time
- Guaranteed hours from day one of joining our team!
Bonus schemes*: up to £300 new starter (based on hours worked), £300 Refer a Friend, £250 annual bonus, £25 birthday gift voucher.
As a Care Assistant, you will be offered a full-time working pattern on a week 1 and week 2 shift pattern, which includes:
- Alternate weekends
- Early shift: 7:00am - 3:00pm
- Late shift: 3:00pm - 11:00pm
Example shift pattern:
- Working on a 2-week rota
- Working 1 weekend on 1 weekend off
We need caring, kind, compassionate people to work across the Fawdon, Gosforth, Kenton, High Heaton, Jesmond and Dinnington areas providing high-quality person-centered care in the Care Assistant role.
Benefits
- Bonus schemes*: up to £450 new starter (based on average hours worked), £300 Refer a Friend, £250 annual bonus. £25 birthday gift voucher.
- Fully funded DBS.
- Paid induction training: 1 week classroom-based, 2 days shadowing and additional online modules. Care certificate completed within 3 months.
- Training development: funded Level 2 and other accredited courses.
- Holiday pay: annual leave accumulates with working hours.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): free 24-hour helpline, advice and guidance for yourself and dependants.
- Union membership (optional): through our partnership with the GMB.
- Mileage: 40p/mile (driver).
As a Care Assistant, you will provide care and support to meet individual personal care needs. Being an integral part of our employee-owned organisation and a valued member of the team.
You do not need care experience. If you have the right values, we will provide you with the training you need to be an outstanding Care Assistant.
Apply today and our friendly Recruitment team will be in touch.