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Community Care Assistant – Essex
Job summary
A community care organization is seeking Community Care Assistants in Essex. This role involves supporting Service Users with personal care and daily living tasks, ensuring their independence and dignity. Full training is provided, making this an ideal opportunity for those looking to start a rewarding career in care. Benefits include flexible hours, an annual salary review, and a £300 welcome bonus.
Benefits
Qualifications
- No prior experience necessary as full paid training is provided.
- Adaptable and able to use common sense and initiative.
- Car ownership is essential due to Service Users' locations.
Responsibilities
- Helping Service Users maintain their independence and dignity.
- Assisting with personal care tasks such as dressing and bathing.
- Supporting with meal preparation and serving.
- Maintaining cleanliness in the service user’s environment.
Skills
Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. As a Care assistant, you will need to have a professional, caring, and flexible approach.
- 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
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).
This role is varied, and every day is different, so being adaptable, and using your common sense and initiative are a ‘must’ for this role. You do not need to have worked as a Care Assistant before applying to us, but all experience in this field will help.
Forest Homecare is committed to ongoing training and supervision, qualifications, and continuing professional development. We also provide an extensive induction on the commencement of employment.
Car Owners – This is essential due to the Service Users location.
- Paid induction trainingwith 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
- Annual Salary reviews
- Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme paying up to £500 per successful referral
- £300 welcome bonus* (Terms and Conditions apply)
- Support & encourage you 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.
These are the areas we serve and our regional offices
- Essex (Mid-Essex & Head Office)
The Old Coalyard, 61 Alderford Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HX
+44 1787 463222 - Mid-West Essex
The Millars, Hospital Approach, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7FA
+44 1245 442071 - Care Home
58 Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HT
+44 1787 460361
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