Care Assistant

Brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, some downs, and a few curveballs. At Care By Us, every day is different. Every day offers you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that changes people's lives.

Location:
Stanford-Le-Hope, North Benfleet, Pitsea, Langdon Hills, Basildon, North Benfleet, Rayleigh and the surrounding areas.

Hourly Pay Rate: £12.21 Mon
- Sun

Sleep in Hourly Rate: £12.21 Mon
- Sun

Shifts work across seven days a week,

Evening Shifts – 2:00 pm – 10:00/11:00 pm

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.

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.

What you’ll need

• You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role. We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care. You’ll need to be resilient too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.
• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence

Why choose us?

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.

As a Care Assistant, you'll receive:

• Enhanced occupational
  maternity and adoption pay.
• Enhanced occupational
  paternity pay entitlement.
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits and
  Well-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave
  (pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme
  – earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Card
  eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Flexible hours
  , part and full time available
• Local work and paid mileage
• Enhanced pay for
  weekends and bank holidays
• Paid training
  – online and face to face
• Self-development
  – progression opportunities
• Access to our
  in-house app
• Work for the
  largest care company
  in the UK!

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.