Responsive Care Worker
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When looking for a role in domiciliary social care, a lot of people ask themselves the same questions:
– Am I going to be paid travel time between clients?
– Will I be given fair mileage reimbursement?
– Am I going to get guaranteed hours?
– Will this role work around my life?
– Are the benefits of the role good?
Access Your Care can honestly answer yes to all of these questions. As an established lead provider of homecare for North Somerset Council, we work directly with the council to ensure that everyone needing care in the area gets it.
Read on if this has sparked your interest.
We are recruiting a Responsive Care Assistant to join our specialist Reablement team, providing expert care and support to vulnerable adults in the comfort of they own home.
Our Reablement teams work with clients for a short period of time, as part of Responsive Care you will focus on encouraging client independence for a short period of time for clients requiring reablement support or who will require ongoing care from another team. This is a vital role connecting clients with the highest level of support possible.
You will be visiting your clients, providing care & support in a patient, empathetic manner to ensure that the tasks on their care plan are completed on each visit. Every client has their own needs, however some tasks that you will be supporting with include:
– Assisting with personal care.
– Administering medication.
– Nutrition and hydration support.
– Using specialist equipment and correct manual handling procedures to assist clients who are less mobile.
– Offering companionship, support and a friendly ear, giving clients social nourishment.
You don’t necessarily need previous experience for this role. We provide you with all of the training you need. If you are patient, kind, compassionate and want to make a difference to the lives of people who really need your support then we would like to talk to you.
In this role you will meet a range of different and interesting people from a range of backgrounds, all with their own stories and experiences. You will go home every day having learned something new and will also know that you have made a massive difference in the world that day.
Even more interested now? Want to know what’s in it for you? Well, these are some of the benefits of working for a multi award winning care provider.
Financials:
– Block paid shifts (paid an hourly rate from the start to the end of your shift including when travelling), something rarely seen in the social care sector. Worth up to £27,664.00 per year if working 40 hours per week.
-Double pay on Bank holidays, paid at £26.60 per hour
– Paid mileage at 45p per mile, worth up to £4,950.40 per year if working full time.
– Every six months you will get the proud to care bonus, paid to you for working for a North Somerset lead provider, worth up to £1,064.00 per year.
– With salary, mileage and proud to care added together, potential yearly earnings of £33,678.40 (based off of working 40 hours per week).
– Receive a £1,000 joining bonus for joining us.
– Earn £250 for every employee referral you make, this is uncapped.
A work-life balance you can rely on:
– You will get a fixed two week rolling rota, agreed on by you. This means you will always know when you are and are not working. No random drops in hours, no guessing when you’ll be next working.
– Only working one in every two weekends.
– Set shift times, mornings (08:00-14:00) and afternoons (16:00-22:00).
– Up to 33 days annual leave per year depending on length of service.
Extra perks to enhance your life
– Fully funded industry based qualifications up to level 5.
– A fully funded blue light discount card, with thousands of discounts on stores and restaurants across the UK.
– Ongoing training and development opportunities.
– A company phone and starter pack when you join us.
– A free, professional uniform with support to claim uniform tax relief (worth up to £125 per year).
Apply today to join a multi award winning family business who are making the social care sector better for everyone.
If you have any questions or would rather have an informal chat before you go ahead with your application, please do call or email us:
Tel: 01275 874861
Email: careers@accessyourcare.co.uk
Access Your Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share that commitment. Any appointment is subject to pre-appointment checks including but not limited to an enhanced DBS check and references.
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