Care Assistant - Up to £15 per hour

We are looking for a professional care assistant to join our hourly homecare team. When you join us, you’ll discover how our community of colleagues are always there for each other, supporting our clients in and around Oxford.

If you are a caring individual who lives in or near Oxford and is eligible to work in the UK, this could be the role for you.

In return for your commitment and diligence when supporting our clients, we provide the following employment packages for our hourly carers:

• Guaranteed pay contract - consistent pay for an agreed minimum amount of hours every month (up to 25 hours a week)
• Minimum of 3 hour shifts - This work is covering our live in carer breaks so you will have the opportunity to do a minimum of 3 hour shifts or our long day break of 8 hours
• Excellent pay rates - £13 per hour during the week increasing to £15 per hour on weekends.
• Paid time and mileage between calls - 45p a mile
• Double pay on bank holidays
• Generous refer a friend scheme using Care Friends app
• FREE Blue Light Card
• FREE Onboarding training with qualified trainers
• Access to the Care Certificate if you don’t already have it
• Access to free training on an ad hoc basis including diploma in health and social care
• FREE annual refresher training
• Access to our free employee assistance programme supporting in times of need
• FREE Enhanced DBS at induction
• Access to on call support when you are working

The people we are looking for:

As an hourly carer, you’ll be providing care, support and companionship to our clients in Oxfordshire who wish to live an independent life in their own homes. This will include providing personal care, assisting with household duties, supporting safe mobility in and outside of the home, companionship and running general errands, such as completing the weekly shop or collecting prescriptions.

As you will mostly likely be supporting clients to keep in touch with their community, local knowledge of the area is a plus. We also require you to have:

• Previous paid experience as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, support worker or personal healthcare assistant.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• A driving licence and your own transport is essential, with business insurance to drive your client
• Ability to use technology to a good level, as all of our systems are online you’ll spend less time writing admin and more time with your client
• The right to work in the UK
• Residence within Oxfordshire
• Due to increased demand, we are currently only accepting applications from COVID-19 vaccinated or exempt carers

Providing quality care in people’s homes since 1967, Oxford Aunts is run by a team of experienced care professionals and is part of Sodexo and The Good Care Group.

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Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 15-20 per week

Salary: Up to £15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oxford, Oxfordshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you hold a driving licence with access to your own vehicle?

Experience:

• care: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location