Care Assistant - Block Hours
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.00 to £18.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | including Bank Holidays |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7DB |
| Company: | Prestige Nursing + Care |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ECCSATH_1712308793 |
Summary
Experienced Community Care Assistants
£12 - £18 per hour Including Bank Holidays
Shrewsbury & Surrounding Areas
Block shifts are:
- 7am - 2pm
- 4pm - 10pm
Life at Prestige
People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you'll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.
Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 35 local offices in England and Scotland. We look after a variety of clients in their own homes and we also work with local care homes, nursing homes and the NHS.
Who will you be helping to make life better for?
We're currently recruiting for experienced carers who are Level 2 NVQ qualified in Health & Social Care to work within the Shrewsbury and Telford areas to cover calls for clients who have been discharged from hospital who require reablement short term.
How will you be helping?
- Medication management and administration
- Help around the house
- Personal care
- General emotional support
- Continence care
What we offer:
- A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
- You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts.
- Work with our own clients, no agency work.
- Pension scheme
- Blue light card
- Free DBS check
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
- Continued professional development to support you & your career
- Weekly Pay
- Holiday Pay
- Refer a friend with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money - T&C's apply
- Employee Assistance line - available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
- Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
We're looking for:
- Three months' paid experience in care
- Excellent communication skills
- A full UK driver's licence is a requirement & use of your own transport
- Good professional and personal references
Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for?
Contact Claire Henchcliffe at c.henchcliffe@prestige-nursing.co.uk Tel:07919026662
In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines. All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.
As a Company we are unable to provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates. Applicants must have proof of right to work in the UK. It is a requirement to provide an overseas police check dated within the last 3 months of being in the UK if you have lived outside of the UK for longer than a year in the last 5 years.
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Prestige Nursing & Care reserve the right to close this role early
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