Care Assistant

Work with Forest Homecare Job Title: Community Care Assistant Location: Braintree, Essex Division: Homecare Responsible to: Coordinator / Senior Carer Hours: Part Time & Full Time (flexible) Salary: £11.68 per hour Enhancements: Weekends £12.08 per hour Bank Holiday £14.96 per hour £300 WELCOME BONUS FOR NEW JOINERS (PAYABLE AFTER 3 MONTHS)
Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Braintree, Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. You will be part of an established family-run care agency that operates throughout Essex & Suffolk.
CQC Rated ‘Outstanding’
We pride ourselves on working in partnership with professionals to ensure we provide a strength-based, outcomes-focused approach to our work.
Your main duties will include:

• Helping our Service Users maintain their independence and dignity.
• Assisting our Service Users with all aspects of personal care such as dressing, undressing, bathing, and toileting.
• Supporting with preparing and serving meals.
• Maintaining the service user's physical environment including laundry, changing, and making beds, tidying, and light cleaning duties
• Working in partnership with all relevant professionals to provide a strength-based, outcomes-focused approach to your work.

We provide care 365 days a year between the hours of 6 am to 11 pm and split this over 4 shifts (Morning, Lunch, Tea, and Bed).
We can offer you full or part-time hours including every other weekend or one day every weekend.

It is essential that the successful applicant holds a full driving license.
What we can offer you:

• Work in your local community
• Paid induction training with regular updates
• Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Qualifications
• Free DBS Check (if required)
• Uniforms and PPE provided
• Full or Part Time Hours with flexible shifts suitable for you
• Mileage paid dependent on area and travel requirements
• Holiday Pay
• Annual Salary reviews
• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme paying up to £500 per successful referral
• £300 welcome bonus* (Terms and Conditions apply)
• Join a great team working for a highly respected organization
• Support & encouragement to progress and reach your full potential within your chosen career

Forest Homecare is positive about inclusion and welcomes applications from individuals who can meet the requirements of the job position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to support them.

Interested? Send your CV along with your preferred location and hours to recruitment@foresthomecare.co.uk and we will contact you to talk about our current vacancies or call our recruitment team at 01787465416