Role: Weekend Home Care Assistant
Location: Chard, Ilminster and the surrounding areas
Pay: £13.50 per hour PLUS travel time and petrol expenses
Hours: Part time hours - Weekends only
Shift Pattern: 07:00 - 14:00 and 16:00 - 22:00
Care South, a leading not for profit charity, have exciting opportunities for Home Care Assistants to join our Somerset Care at Home team, supporting clients with a variety of needs in their own homes in Various locations across Somerset.
This Home Care Assistants role is a community based, it is essential applicants hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle. As a Home Care Assistant with Care South, we ensure you are paid for not just your contact time but also your travel time. On top of this we pay a generous milage rate of 40p per mile.
Rewards and Benefits
A career in care means constantly improving the quality of people’s lives and offers a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. As a not-for-profit charity, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team.
- Paid travel time
- Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
- 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
- Online/retail discounts.
- Paid induction and training.
- Employee referral bonus scheme.
- Free DBS check.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Staff association.
- Onsite learning and development team.
- Career progression.
- Competitive pay rates.
- Flexible working hours.
- Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes.
What You’ll Be Doing & Why You’ll Love Working with Us
You will receive a comprehensive induction with;
- Ongoing training and development.
- Support from a friendly, experienced team and colleagues.
- You will delivering person-centred care that truly makes a difference.
- Providing high-quality support to enable individuals to remain independent
- You will Support our clients to build confidence and remain independent
- As a valued member of our team, Home Care Assistants are key to helping us provide good quality care our clients deserve
- You will be responsible for the needs of clients and ensuring their dignity
You will help with personal care such as personal hygiene, toileting, and dressing
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Care is at the HEART of everything we do, it’s values that inspire us, not profits.
About you:
- Previous experience in a care setting is desirable but not required
- You will have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Flexible in the hours you can work and ability to work every other weekend
- Strong attention to detail and reporting skills
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
You will hold an enhanced DBS on the update service or prepared to undertake one.
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What You Need to Know
- You must be 18 years or older.
- We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re kind, caring, and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of something truly special with Care South at Home Somerset.
If you would like more details, or a conversation about the role please e-mail
[email protected] or call 07821 301921
PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE
