Care Assistant

About the role:

We’re looking for dependable, compassionate care assistants to work in West London, on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Responsibilities:

- Providing household assistance to older people
- Preparing meals and encouraging healthy, balanced diets
- Providing companionship and friendship
- Assistance with eating (when required)
- Assistance with taking medication and medication prompting (when required)
- Personal care and hygiene tasks (when required)
- Writing short reports via our app for each completed visit

Carer benefits:

We understand the care we deliver is only as good as the care assistants we hire and the skills we equip them with. And we also know that the best care is delivered by happy carers.

We therefore do our utmost to ensure that our care assistants are adequately trained, properly supported and sufficiently compensated for the work they do.

Some of the benefits our carers receive include:

- Higher pay than the London living wage (£12 per hour, which is above the industry standard)
- extra pay on some bank holidays
- a generous ‘refer a friend’ scheme
- access to our employee assistance portal
- paid holiday entitlement
- a bespoke and extensive training programme, equipping you with the skills and knowledge required to do the job
- opportunities to enhance your professional development by pursuing additional training, such as the Care Certificate and NVQs
- use of state-of-the-art technology, so you can spend less time on paperwork and more time on delivering exceptional care.
- access to our dedicated and supportive management team 24/7
- free PPE equipment
- voluntary overtime opportunities

Our requirements:

- Legal eligibility to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas
- Experience working in the care sector or caring for a relative is preferred
- Passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ownership of a smartphone with access to data

*No Sponsorship applicants will be accepted as we are only taking on UK living applicants*

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Temp to perm

Salary: From £12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
We deliver care with PPE equipment making it safe for all parties.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have some experience in care?

Work Location: One location