Care Assistant - Driver Care Operations

Radfield Home Care Ltd; Epsom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Home Care Provider is looking for female care assistants in Epsom, offering competitive pay with travel time reimbursed. You will provide care for individuals needing assistance to live independently. No previous experience is required as full training is provided. Candidates must have a driving license and their own car. Benefits include company pension, employee discounts, and flexible hours. Various shifts are available both full-time and part-time. Apply now!

Benefits

Company pension

Employee discount

Flexitime

Referral programme

Store discount

Qualifications

• Driving Licence and your own car required.
• Right to Work in the UK WITHOUT sponsorship required.
• Experience in Home Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide care in the community for people who need assistance.
• Support with personal care and household tasks.
• Medication support and companionship.

Skills

Excellent English

Caring nature

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for female care assistants who have a driving license and their own car.

Pay & Hours

We pay you for your time with the client, your time travelling between clients and your mileage. Your travel time and mileage is calculated real time from google so is a true reflection of your time.

• £13.50/ hour weekdays, £15.50/ hour weekends
• £13/ hour travel time
• 45p/ mile

Working Patterns

• Full time and part time shifts available
• Our morning shift requires availability 7am-2pm
• Our evening shift requires availability 4pm-10pm
• We require alternate weekend availability or every Saturday or every Sunday
• Occasoinal night shifts available 10pm-7am

Area Covered

Leatherhead, Ashtead, Fetcham and Bookham (KT22 and KT21) and surrounding areas.

Induction and Training

You will complete a 12 week induction and onboarding programme giving you all the support you need to confidently and safely provide care to our clients. This will include:

• An introduction to Radfield Home Care, our values, the team and our #BeThere moments
• How to maintain professional boundaries, identify safeguarding concerns, ensuring equality and diversity through person centred care.
• Learn and try out how to safely support people to move with equipment keeping yourself protected at all times.
• Practice basic life support, medication support and pressure care
• Health and Safety, good personal hygiene and food preparation.

About the role

We are a leading Home Care Provider who pays travel time, mileage and a competitive rate of pay. In addition you will get full training and a dedicated mentor in your first 12 weeks.

We welcome your application even if you don’t meet all of the essential criteria as we will provide you with all the necessary training to thrive in the role.

We believe that by treating our care staff as a trusted family we can empower them to treat our clients with the same warmth and respect.

In your role you will:

• Provide care in the community for people who need assistance to live independently within their own homes
• A range of support with personal care
• Household tasks, medication support and companionship

We encourage people from different sectors to apply, as no experience is necessary and full training is provided.

If you are used to working from home but are now looking for a new challenge, or perhaps you have a background in retail, sales, hospitality, education, childcare or delivery driving.. You could be a great fit if you are caring by nature.

Whilst you do not need to have the experience to apply, Radfield Home Care are also very interested in speaking with candidates with previous care experience in roles such as care assistant, support worker, healthcare assistant, carer and those with care home background.

We are booking interviews so please APPLY NOW as we'd love to meet you.

#RadfieldEpsomandLeatherhead

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.50-£15.50 per hour

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract

Benefits

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Application question(s)

• Do you live within 5 miles of Leatherhead, Surrey (KT22)?
• What days and hours are you looking for?

Experience

• Home Care: 1 year (preferred)

Language

• Excellent English (required)

Licence/Certification

• Driving Licence and your own car (required)
• Right to Work in the UK WITHOUT sponsorship (required)

Work Location

On the road