Caring Forever is expanding its Lowestoft team of Community Care Workers.
For over 10 years, Our teams have been providing care & support to individuals in their own home. Their experience and skillset ensure Caring Forever provides personalised and adaptable care, enabling individuals to remain home comfortably, safely, and longer.
What Caring Forever can offer you:
- Guaranteed hours
- Tailored working pattern
- Paid travel time
- Paid training and shadowing
- Employee referral scheme
- Health & Wellbeing Program*
- Enhanced overtime rates
- Bank Holidays paid at 1.5x hourly rate
- Christmas Day and Boxing day paid at 2x hourly rate
- Opportunities to gain qualifications (e.g. NVQ in Health & Social Care)
- Paid annual leave (28 days pro rata)
* Becoming a part of our team grants access to a health & wellbeing program. You'll receive a range of benefits like health tracking, recipes, and fitness resources. Additionally, you will have 24/7/365 access to UK based advisors offering face-to-face, telephone or online support in areas such as wellbeing, CBT, bereavement support, and legal information on events which may be causing stress in your life.
As a Community Care Worker, your duties will include:
- Personal Care
- Meal Preparation
- Supporting health and wellbeing
- Working as part of team
- Medication administration
- Household tasks
- Supporting access to the community
As a family business, we understand the importance of balancing work and personal commitments. From day one, a work pattern is agreed that can be as flexible or structured as you would like, allowing you to plan your weeks and schedule holiday months ahead of time.
Caring Forever is one of few care providers in the area that pays travel time in addition to your hourly rate! Travel time is automatically calculated based on your rota and paid for the full duration travelling between assigned visits. No more personal timekeeping!
The successful applicant will:
- Be caring, empathetic, and respectful
- Have strong communication skills
- Have basic life skills (e.g. cooking, organisation)
- Be able to work and travel independently within the assigned area
Hourly rate: £13.00 - £14.00 (depending on experience and qualifications).
Due to the role, you must have availability to work every other weekend (Saturday & Sunday). You must also have the right to work in the UK.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £13.00-£14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Please state your preferred travel method for work. I.e. Driving, Cycling, Walking
Experience:
- social care: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: On the road
