Community Care Assistant - up to £134 per day

The Private Care Company aim to employ and retain the highest quality care assistants in Brighton and Hove and in return for your skills, experience and commitment we offer excellent working conditions and benefits including:

• £12.00/hr + paid holiday
• Flexible, guaranteed hours and optional overtime available
• Petrol expense per shift (for drivers)
• Bike to work schemes (for cyclists)
• Structured routes with clustered calls, caring for the same individuals each day
• Minimum 30-minute call times
• Excellent career progression and extensive training opportunities including The Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Diplomas (Levels 3, 4 and 5)
• £150 Training Incentive payment paid on completion of the first three months employment
• A friendly and supportive management team
• Regular communication including monthly newsletters and recognition awards
• Free counselling and wellbeing support

Job Description

The Private Care Company is a private, award winning and fully independent home care agency. We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation to provide high quality home care services which support our clients to remain independently living in their own homes for as long as possible.

We’re currently looking to recruit a full-time care assistant living in the Saltdean/Rottingdean area of Brighton. Ideally, you’ll have relevant experience and qualifications, however, we offer full training to those wishing to enter the care industry who have a caring nature and demonstrate our core values of kindness and empathy.

Key Accountabilities:

• To deliver all tasks stated on the care plans to an excellent standard and in accordance with all The Private Care Company’s policies and procedures, best practice, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations
• To carry out and assist clients of The Private Care Company with a variety of personal and practical care tasks which may include helping to wash, getting dressed, light housework, laundry, shopping etc.
• To support client’s food and fluid intake as directed by the care plan, and to ensure documentation of all intake as per training
• To maintain care skills at the required level and undertake such training and development as may from time to time be required
• To communicate with and report any incidents to the Care Manager as necessary to ensure high standards of care are delivered
• To liaise with other professionals such as district nurses, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists etc, to ensure that clients receive a high standard of care
• To manage own workload of allocated client visits and to be responsible for documenting each client visit on the online care planning app

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:

• The Care Certificate (full training provided)
• Multi-skilled care delivery capability
• Good written and oral communication skills

Person Profile:

• Team player
• Ability to think on feet
• Kind, caring and patient
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Reliable
• Lives in local area - we are unable to provide sponsorship for overseas applicants
• Must have own transport e.g. car, bike etc.

Working Hours:

• 7am-7pm
• 3 or 4 days per week to include 1 weekend day every week

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free or subsidised travel
• Referral programme
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Uniform, PPE and regular lateral flow tests provided

Experience:

• care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• driving licence and access to a car (preferred)
• UK postcode in the BN area (required)

Work Location: On the road