Community Care Assistant

Qualifications

If you are compassionate, empathetic, and want to to provide high quality care that really makes a difference, we would love to hear from you!

Ref: PBFEB26

Additional Information

All our roles are subject to a satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Company Description

Please read the job description carefully

Essential Requirements: Full UK Drivers Licence & access to your own car, availability on alternate Weekends & have a right to work In the UK

Salary: £13.15 - £13.65/hour. Travel time & Mileage paid. Enhanced Pay on Bank Holidays

Shift Times:

• Morning Shift: 08:15 - 14:15
• Evening Shift: 16:30 - 22:30

Shift Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 shifts per week (Monday to Friday), either morning and/or evening.
• Availability for alternate weekends is essential.

Area covered: Brough, South Cave, Hotham & Surrounding areas.

Contract Type: Zero Hour contact (for a probation period), 16 & 25 hours available (after the probation period is successfully completed)

Home Instead Pocklington & Brough provide support to people in the local community to enable them to remain happy and independent in their own homes for as long as possible.

We are a 5* employer and a Top 20 Home care provider

Job Description

Being a Care Assistant is a highly rewarding career where no two days are the same. With minimum 1 hour care visits and client matching, you have the time to provide high quality, person-focused homecare.

What we will do for you

Salary Enhancements

• 30p per mile + Travel time
• Early pay scheme - up to 50% of your salary in advance.
• £100 Employee referral scheme
• High street discounts through the Blue Light discounts

Career Development

• Free DBS check
• Paid Training
• Care certificate in first 3 months
• City and Guild dementia course
• Career progression opportunities

Wellbeing Support

• Monthly Rewards and Recognition for being a valued member of our care team
• Support Network of fellow Carers & a 5* Employer

The purpose of the Care Assistant role is to help people live independently in their own homes. You will support our clients by:

• Companionship - everything from a chat over a cup of tea to playing a game of scrabble
• Accompaniment - to appointments or a spot of shopping
• Meal preparation - a sandwich, or a home cooked meal
• Light housekeeping - a run around with the hoover or a spot of dusting
• Personal Care - because it's important to us all