Visiting Carer / Care Assistant

Join our team as a Visiting Carer (support by the hour)

About the role

As a Care Assistant with the Visiting Care Team, you will be visiting our clients in their homes – this is likely to be with different clients for an hour or so at a time, or one client for most of the day. Some people will need help doing the shopping or keeping the house in order, others need support with medication or a medical condition, and many people may simply want some company during lonely days. No care experience is required (although it does help!) – we will offer you the training you need to feel confident in your role.

We ask that our carers are available for at least 16 hours per week and that they are able to offer alternate weekend availability. Carers are able to pick up extra visits at their convenience through their online carer portal.

We believe in fairly rewarding our carers for the important work they do and we are proud to offer some of the best rates of pay and support around:

• Pay starting at £13.64 an hour, increasing to up to £21.32 on bank holidays (as at April 2024)

• 40p mileage allowance

• 28 days holiday pro rata

• Fully paid face to face training and ongoing training and support, with the opportunity to specialise in Dementia and End of Life Care

• Flexible working

• Pension scheme

• A minimum of 1-hour placements

We like to think we are rather unique. Why? Because we have a great company culture and we do everything we can to make people feel heard, seen, and appreciated.

As a team, we challenge ourselves to be better people than we were yesterday. We trust people, we always start with ‘yes’, we show our best selves and we are happy to learn from our mistakes.

We attract optimistic, ‘can-do’ personalities who see opportunities and make things happen – and they rarely leave. Many of our team have been with us for over a decade, which is exceptional in the home care sector.

How will you be introduced to Kemble at Home and our clients?

Before you begin lone working in the community, we will make sure you are thoroughly trained. You will receive 5 days of fully paid and certificated training, during which you will fully equipped with the skills and knowledge you need to safely carry out your role.

As well as this, we will aim to shadow you into all of your regular clients with the clients PA or a regular carer. Within your shadow visits you will be able to introduce yourself and have the opportunity to observe the client’s routine and familiarise yourself with their home.

About Kemble at Home

We like to think we are rather unique. Why? Because we have a great attitude, and we are proud of it. In 2019, we won the Care Employer Award at both the Great British Care Awards and the Hereford Times Health and Social Care Awards. We work hard to create a place where we can all feel safe, work hard, and have fun.

We are proud of our carers and the work they do, and many of them have been with us for decades. We are here to support you. We work with small teams that serve their own area in Herefordshire. Each team has its own Team Manager, all of whom have been carers so know what the job entails. They are there to help manage client files, match carers with clients, develop schedules, and are available around the clock to support the carers.

What do you need?

• The right to live and work in the UK.
• A valid driving licence and your own car.
• References - we ask all candidates who have been offered a job to provide at least two referees who we can contact for references.
• To complete an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check. We are obliged to check for a criminal record if we offer you a job, but previous offences by no means mean that we cannot employ you. See our website to find out how we recruit people who have a criminal record.
  

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