Community Care Assistant – Ivybridge
£13.50 per hour + paid travel time + mileage
Work locally around Ivybridge | Full or part-time | Full training provided
Live around Ivybridge? Why drive into Plymouth for work when you could care for people in your own community?
CityCare Southwest is growing its local care team in Ivybridge and the surrounding villages, and we're looking for drivers who want a job that's local, meaningful and built around people.
No previous care experience is necessary.
We'll provide your training — we're looking for the right people.
What you get
- £13.50 per hour
- Travel time paid at your normal hourly rate between clients
- Mileage paid at 35p per mile
- Local rounds wherever possible
- Home-care visits starting from 45 minutes
- Paid induction
- Paid training
- Paid Blue Light Card
- Free uniform
- Flexible working patterns
- Company pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health and wellbeing support
- Referral programme
- Birthday off after one year's service
- Career development and progression opportunities
What does a Community Carer actually do?
You help people continue living life in their own homes.
That could mean helping someone get washed and dressed in the morning, preparing lunch, reminding them about medication or taking them to an appointment.
It can also mean making a cup of tea, talking about what's happening in the village, going out for a walk or helping someone continue doing something they love.
Your day might include:
- Personal care
- Medication support
- Preparing meals
- Shopping
- Household tasks
- Appointments and outings
- Mobility support
- Companionship
- Helping people remain as independent as possible
We're looking for people, not perfect CVs
Experience is welcome, but it isn't essential.
Some of the qualities we can't teach are warmth, reliability, patience, humour and genuinely caring what happens to another person.
If you've got those, we can teach you the rest.
Want to develop a career?
Care doesn't have to be "just a care job".
We support people to develop into Peer Mentors, Senior Carers and leadership roles, alongside further training and development opportunities.
What you need
Because you'll be travelling between people's homes, you must:
- Be a driver
- Have access to your own car
- Live within or close to the Ivybridge area
- Already have the right to work in the UK
We are not currently offering sponsorship.
Work locally. Know the area. Get to know the people you support.
Join City Care Southwest in Ivybridge.
Pay: £13.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
Work Location: In person
