Community Carer

Are you looking for a new purpose in life? Are you already working in healthcare and looking for a new challenge? Do you love caring for people but looking for a new role where you are out and about and no day is the same? Then look no further!

Our client, a well-established company, who provides community care services in Cornwall are looking to recruit both experienced and trainee carers to care for people in the local community.

If you have any experience within a healthcare capacity or similar or are looking for a change of career, you may be just the person we are looking for being a carer can be a very rewarding role.

Benefits

• Starting salary of £26,307 per annum based on a 40 hour week, including bonus and pension payments
• If part time i.e. 16 hours, £10,234 per annum
• Overtime paid hourly on top of contracted hours.
• Holiday allowance on top of this
• Enhanced bank holiday and night rates
• All PPE Provided / support to stay COVID safe
• Staff accommodation available
• Mileage and travel time paid
• Free Uniform
• Pool cars available for work
• Ongoing training and support
• Support to gain Care Certificate / NVQ 2/ NVQ 3
• Support to progress to management level support with NVQ 5
• Yearly bonus
• Full and part time permanent contracts
• Financial assistance
• Away days and monthly incentives

Responsibilities

• Visiting service users in their own homes, assisting them in day to day living tasks to ensure they are as happy and healthy as possible
• This will include personal hygiene, getting washed/showered, dressed and assisting with meals and drinks as well as taking to appointments, the shops and assisting with medication
• Being a familiar face, someone to make them feel comfortable and safe in your presence and be improving their lives wherever possible.

Requirements

• Ideally, you will have previous experience within care capacity, whether this be community, care home, hospital or similar or perhaps caring for a family member, although experience is not essential as full training given
• You must be a driver with a valid driving licence, ideally with access to car, though pool cars available
• Shifts are usually 7am 2pm and 4pm 10pm
• Be able to work every other weekend or one regular day every weekend
• Have a calm, polite and caring nature
• Genuine interest in supporting vulnerable adults and wanting to make a difference.

Full and ongoing training provided and change to develop career in a sector where the organisation believes in delivering excellent care to those who need it.

For further information or to apply, please submit your CV.