Support Worker
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.01 to £18.27 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Arbroath, Angus, DD11 5DX |
| Company: | Prestige Nursing + Care |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ANG12/04/24COMP_1712911398 |
Summary
Support Worker
£15.01 £18.27 per hour
Angus, Arbroath
Life at Prestige
We want to make life better for more people. As a Carer, you'll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients. And we want to make life better for you, by ensuring you have all the support and development you need to thrive in your role and developing your career.
Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 30 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?
Our client requires carers to work 25-35 hours per week, this will be a mix of days and evenings, shift length is variable depending on client requirements which are changeable. Shifts will be between 0700 and 2200 with alternative weekends off. Bank positions are also available. Applicants must have a minimum of 6 months care experience. Experience with autism is advantageous. Must be willing to drive a larger sized vehicle and confident in assisting clients with swimming.
We are ideally looking for you to be:
- Empathetic, compassionate and warm individual.
- Flexible with the ability to work a varied shift pattern.
- Over the age of 25 and have a full, clean, manual, UK driving licence, so you are able to drive our client's car.
- Experience in working in Autism is advantageous.
- Ideally you will be young at heart and enjoy social outings including, concerts, cinema, meals out and some sporting activities.
- We are welcoming applications from candidates that have six months' paid experience in care such as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, support worker, personal healthcare assistant, care worker or similar.
Here is just a couple of things you will be doing on a day to day basis
- Assisting with daily living, domestic duties and personal care
- Supporting clients in the community
- Meal preparation and support
Here is just some of the brilliant benefits we can offer you:
- Paid post-employment eLearning
- A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
- Work with our own clients, no agency work.
- Pension scheme
- Blue light card
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
- Continued professional development to support you & your career
- Holiday pay
- Refer with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money!
- Employee Assistance line - available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
- Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.
If this all sounds like you, please apply now. We would love to hear from you.
Please contact Sharon Shand in the first instance for informal, confidential chat on 07754 270950 or email s.shand@prestige-nursing.co.uk
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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.
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