Care Assistant

Description

Home Instead Norfolk are expanding their team and looking for caring, compassionate Elderly Befriender Care Assistants to support clients living at home with a range of needs throughout Norfolk and Cambridge and in your local area.

We currently have care vacancies available with immediate starts.

Profession: Elderly Befriender Care Assistant

Pay: GBP15 per hour (GBP16.81 earned wage including holiday pay) with working availability during the week and alternate weekends

Opportunity

Join North Norfolk's ONLY care provider with 'OUTSTANDING' in all 5 areas of CQC.

Safe: OUTSTANDING

Well Led: OUTSTANDING

Effective: OUTSTANDING

Caring: OUTSTANDING

Responsive: OUTSTANDING

With clients needing a mixture of morning, afternoon and evening support. We currently need Elderly Befriender with availability to support our clients between 7am and 10pm, the more availability you have, the more client visits we are able to allocate to you. We accept availability of 7am 2pm, 7am 6pm, 9am 10pm, 2pm 10pm, 6pm 10pm, and 7am 10pm (preferred).

All our Elderly Befrienders work alternate weekends to ensure continuity of care to our clients and typically work between hours per week depending on your requirements.

We're looking for candidates who may already have experience as a Support Worker, Care Assistant, Elderly Befriender or in Domiciliary Care.

We would also love to hear from anyone who has experience caring for loved ones or been a volunteer. We would encourage you to apply as an Elderly Befriender Care Assistant with Home Instead as full training and support will be given.

At Home Instead Norfolk and Cambridge, we can offer the following benefits for our Elderly Befriender Care Assistants:

Paid MOTPaid birthday off (have your birthday off and still get paid!)Enhanced Bank Holiday Pay RateCompany Pension SchemeLocal and Professional Support Team availableBlue Light Discount CardFree DBS CheckRefer A Friend Scheme (GBP300 Bonus)Employee Benefits and Discount SchemeEmployee Wellness Health Assured Benefit ProgramPaid Award Winning, Comprehensive Induction and Ongoing Professional Development TrainingFantastic Recognition Care Awards, Staff Birthday Schemes and Company Events

Being a Care Professional means you need to be adaptable, personable but ultimately put others first. Your role may include:

CompanionshipHelping with some possible personal careHelping with mobility around the homeOverseeing medication and providing medical supportHelping with housework such as cleaning and vacuumingPreparing and cooking mealsRunning errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions

Care Professionals MUST have a Valid UK Driving Licence (with access to a vehicle for work purposes) and have the Right to work in the UK.

We are actively recruiting staff now.

If you'd love to work for North Norfolk's only CQC rated 'OUTSTANDING' home care provider, please click 'Apply' and we'll be in touch with you ASAP.

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