Position Overview & Specifications
About The Role
Care South, a leading not for profit registered charity, have exciting opportunities for Care Assistants to join our Supported Living Service at Kenwith Castle Gardens.
This role will be supporting clients with a variety of needs including personal care, domestic support and companionship visits. It is desirable all applicants hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
This position is suitable for anyone looking for Cleaning, Domestic, Care Assistant, Home Care Assistant, Support Worker or Healthcare Assistant roles.
Care South want our Care Assistants to feel valued, in return we offer:
- Flexible hours – work when you can
- £10.60 per hour
- Enhanced Bank Holiday pay rates
- Blue Light discount card
- Paid DBS and uniform
- Reward and recognition schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Outstanding training, qualification and career advancement opportunities
Key duties for our Care Assistants include:
- Identifying the needs and abilities of our clients and providing encouragement
- Delivering all aspects of care including personal care when required, domestic support and meal preparation.
- Supporting with community visits (shopping and leisure trips)
- Regular communications with the office support team
- Reflect our HEART values in your day-to-day work
Care is at the HEART of everything we do and it is our values that inspire us, not profits.
About you:
- A genuine desire to make a positive impact on the lives of our clients
- Previous experience in a care setting is desirable but not essential as Care South provide full training
- Ideally holder of a driving licence with access to a vehicle.
- Business insurance on vehicle or happy to obtain it
- Flexible in the hours you can work, with some occasional weekend availability
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Holder of an enhanced DBS on the update service or be prepared to undertake
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