Part Time Caregiver/Carer/Care Assistant - Blackbrook, Staffs, St5

Part Time Carer/Care Assistant Job - £15 per hour

LOCATION - BLACKBROOK, STAFFS, ST5 (Travel time to and from work is paid)

16hrs per week - Monday 12.30-6pm, Tuesday 3.30-9.30pm and Friday noon - 4.30pm (Additional Shifts Available on Weekends)

Are you the kind of carer who enjoys making other people happy? Do you genuinely care about the people you serve and go out of your way to make sure that they smile?

In this carer job you will be looking after a delightful special needs young adult. He is an extremely happy and sociable with no behavioural issues. He lights up every room he enters.

Your job as his carer / care assistant would involve:

• Transporting him to and from day centers in our wheelchair accesible vehicle. Our Insurance covers you to drive this, but you must have a clean drivers license
• Assisting with participating in hobbies
• Preparing meals and assisting with feeding him
• Personal Care - including bathing, shaving, changing
• Taking him out for walks in his wheelchair

We have all of the necessary moving and handling equipment including hoists etc.

The carer / care assistant we are looking for needs to have the following skills/attributes:

• Must have the ability to drive and have a clean driving license
• Must have a caring, supportive and relaxed attitude
• Willingness to work flexibly, cover for other team members and sometimes change hours at short notice
• Someone who understands the importance of health and safety and manual handling requirements
• You must always keep paperwork and conversations confidential
• At least 2 years experience in caring or working with children/young adults

Hours/Shifts:

We require someone for Monday 12.30-6pm, Tuesday 3.30-9.30pm and Friday noon - 4.30pm. We have approximately 16 hours per week available on the weekdays including the travel time we pay for. If you are willing to work weekend shifts there are more hours available.

Benefits of this job:

• Rewarding - Our son is very easy to look after and he is a delight to spend time with. He will make you laugh out loud and has a beautiful personality.
• You’ll be treated very well - You’ll be working for a lovely family who are pleasant to work with and who look after the people who work for them.
• Long Term stable work - We are ideally looking for someone who will be with us for many years.

If you would like to find out more then please hit the apply button above

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £15.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• We are located near Baldwins Gate, Staffs - the nearest public transport links are 7 miles away - Do you have your own car to be able to commute to work?

Experience:

• working in the UK with children or adults with special needs: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 221102 EC