Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Care Assistant and make a real difference in people's lives. You'll provide essential support to clients in their homes, helping them maintain their independence and dignity. With flexible hours, guaranteed contracts, and a variety of shifts available, this role offers the perfect opportunity for both full-time and part-time work. Enjoy a range of benefits including enhanced pay for weekends, paid training, and a supportive work environment. No prior experience is necessary, making it an ideal opportunity for those looking to start a rewarding career in care.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced paternity pay

Death in Service Payment

Well-being Platform

28 days annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a friend scheme

Blue Light Card eligibility

Flexible hours

Paid training

Qualifications

• Experience as a care assistant is useful but not mandatory.
• Key attributes include compassion, resilience, and a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Provide companionship and support to prevent loneliness.
• Help with medication management and meal preparation.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

Location:Plymouth and surrounding areas

Pay Rate:£12.21 to £14.20 per hour depending on location plus mileage

Shifts:Various shifts available

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As a HLC Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award winning care to support our clients in their own homes to maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different!

Benefits for our Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupationalmaternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupationalpaternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits andWell-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave(pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme– earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Cardeligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Flexible hours, part and full time available
• Local work and paid mileage
• Enhanced pay forweekends and bank holidays
• Paid training– online and face to face
• Self-development– progression opportunities
• Access to ourin-house app
• Work for thelargest care companyin the UK!
• No experience necessary
• Book an interview at atime and date to suit you!

Job Description

Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.

• Various shifts available
• Looking for full-time and part-time care assistants
• Guaranteed hour contracts available to suit

What else you’ll help with:

• Companionship–being a friendly face & preventing loneliness
• Personal Care–all aspects of personal hygiene
• Medication–collecting prescriptions & providing reminders
• Mealtimes–preparing tasty meals
• Housekeeping–keeping their home just the way they like it
• Mobility–help with getting around

Qualifications

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirement

Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.

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