Senior Community Carer

Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations Limited; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 24,000 - GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization in Somerset seeks passionate caregivers to provide hands-on support to clients in their homes. Responsibilities include delivering personal care, maintaining support plans, and ensuring clients' dignity. Candidates must hold a driving license and have experience in the care sector. The role offers a competitive salary with bonuses for on-call duty and requires varying availability from 7am to 10pm, including weekends.

Benefits

£500 welcome bonus after probationary period

Competitive pay rate with additional weekend and holiday benefits

Qualifications

• Driving licence and access to a vehicle to travel between clients.
• Experience in care is preferred.
• Availability between 7am and 10pm, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on personal care to clients in the community.
• Support with writing and updating support plans.
• Ensure clients' dignity and privacy are respected.
• Dedicate admin time each week to support the Team Leader.
• On-call responsibilities with extra payment.

Skills

Hands-on personal care

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Education

QCF Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Location: Bridgwater area, Somerset

Pay: £24,179.93 - £25,347.86 per annum + £500 Welcome Bonus + Weekend and Bank Holiday Enhancements

On-call role with extra payment of £200 per week

Requirement of a full driving licence and access to a vehicle

QCF Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent preferred

Fixed two-week rolling rota with availability required from 7am to 10pm

Make a real difference every day.

Highlighted points

£500 welcome bonus after probationary period

Competitive pay rate with additional benefits on weekends and bank holidays

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our community services team, helping people in the community remain in the comfort of their own homes. This is your opportunity to join a team making a real difference to people's lives.

If you're an experienced, compassionate & proactive carer with a full driving licence and access to a vehicle, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on personal care to clients in the community
• Support with writing and updating support plans ensuring person-centred care is provided
• Ensuring our clients dignity and privacy is respected
• Dedicated admin time each week to support your Team Leader
• On-Call responsibilities - currently on call one in three weeks (extra £200 per week whilst on call)
• Fixed two week rolling rota

Qualifications & requirements

• A driving licence and access to a vehicle to travel between clients
• A passion and organisation in care; experience in care is preferred
• QCF Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent (or willing to work towards)
• Availability between 7am and 10pm, including every other weekend
• Overseas Applicants: Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applicants requiring sponsorship for this position

About Us

Our Somerset Community team covers the areas of Bridgwater, Highbridge, Burnham-On-Sea, Cheddar and surrounding areas with teams based in each of these areas. This role will be covering the Bridgwater area only. The team are passionate about supporting clients to remain as independent as possible within their own homes.

The team is led by Mandy, Operations Manager, who is happy to talk through any of the roles available. You can contact her via email on [e-mail] or call 01278 439 177.

Additional information

Please Note: If you are invited to attend an interview you will be asked to bring documents to allow us to undertake a DBS check and to confirm your right to work status. The documents required will be communicated to you by the hiring manager when booking your interview. Any copies of documents taken will be destroyed in line with our document retention and GDPR guidelines.

Brunelcare is committed to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and this is embedded in our strategy and supported through our policies and processes. We welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments where this would support you to make an application.

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