Key details
Employer details
Pay Rate
from £12.30 to £14.80 per hour depending on qualification (enhanced rates for weekends and Bank holidays)
Hours
full-time
Location
Cambourne, Redruth
About the role
Our Community Care workers provide a range of services in a client’s home. This will include:-
• Personal Care (e.g. Washing, showering, toileting),
• Domestic duties (e.g. hoovering, dusting, washing dishes, changing beds)
• Lunch and tea visits (e.g. preparing food and drink)
• Social visits (e.g. taking clients out, taking them to activities, supporting activities in the home)
• Other support provided could be ensuring medication has been taken, collecting prescriptions, shopping.
Most importantly our Carer’s are expected to put the client’s needs at the centre of all they do.
• Personal Care (e.g. Washing, showering, toileting),
• Domestic duties (e.g. hoovering, dusting, washing dishes, changing beds)
• Lunch and tea visits (e.g. preparing food and drink)
• Social visits (e.g. taking clients out, taking them to activities, supporting activities in the home)
• Other support provided could be ensuring medication has been taken, collecting prescriptions, shopping.
Most importantly our Carer’s are expected to put the client’s needs at the centre of all they do.
What we offer our staff
Training and development
Blue-light cards
• Flexible working arrangements (4 shifts as day)
• Paid Travel time, mileage and blue light discount card and a Christmas bonus
• All training and training time paid.
• On call support out of office hours
• Supported career progression.
• Opportunities to specialise.
• Regular team meetings and supervision.
• Uniform and kit provided.
• Access to wellbeing support.
A typical day
Working on a 4 shift a day pattern, you could have two or three shifts a day depending on your availability. For a full time carer we expect some availability at 7am and until 9.30 in the evenings. You will also be expected to work alternate weekends or one day every weekend.
During the shift you could be helping someone shower, preparing some food and drink, assisting with personal care or helping with some daily activities.
Other essentials
Have a driving licence
Access to own vehicle
Have the right to live and work in the UK indefinitely
Key Responsibilities
Your key responsibility is to provide excellent person centred care to each client, ensuring that they are safe and well cared for on each visit.
