Care Assistant - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Windrush Care

Windrush Care

Verified Company

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Care Assistant Mornings based in Cheltenham:

Hourly wage:

_£12.10 (Mon-Fri)
£14.10 (Weekends)
(enhancements for Bank holidays)_

Travel allowance:

40p per mile _(From home to first call and onwards, then back home)_

Clear and concise pay scales. with nothing hidden. For one hour of work - you will be paid our stated hourly rate (dependent on weekdays and weekends)

Plus - all hours worked will accrue holiday time - which will then be available to use as paid holiday.

For every 8 hours of work, you do - you will accrue 1 hour of
holiday leave.

Location:
We provide care and support calls to clients in the Cheltenham.
Areas may include;
- _Cheltenham - (Bishops Cleeve, Charlton Kings, Prestbury, Swindon Village, Wymans Brook, St Pauls, Leckhampton, Springbank, Pittville, Andoversford, )_

Hours available:

_**:
- **_Like everyone, our clients have a choice on when they wish to receive their care and support needs. So, we split our care shifts accordingly;
- _

Morning Visits:
Can start from 07:00am_

We have availability up to 13.00 or any hours you can do in this period, come and have a chat with us to see what we can do to help.

We try to be as flexible as we can be toward our carers, we understand you have commitments in your lives, all we ask is you are available be available for calls in morning period and as a minimum every other weekend - if you do mornings we will ask you to do mornings on weekend

What's actually involved as a home carer at Windrush Care?

Companionship visits
Assistance with personal care tasks
Supporting with medication and ensuring our clients are safe with their medication
Assisting with housework, preparing meals or even walking the dog
Helping with errands such as food shopping, posting letters or picking up prescriptions.

Why work for Windrush Care?

Fixed or block hours contracts available after completion of probation period
Online training (learn at your own speed in the comfort of your sofa)
Face to face training
Moving and Handling and First Aid
Specialist training and staff development are key goals for Windrush Care, access to specific training including Dementia, Palliative Care and Parkinson's etc throughout your employment.
Opportunity to complete QCF Level 23 in Adult Health and Social Care after 6 months of continued employment.
Access to all training certificates after 6 months of continued employment at no cost to you.
Paid holidays and Enhanced bank holiday rates
Fortnightly pay
Oncall support 7 days a week, 24 hours a day + Supportive office team open door policy.
Free DBS check
Paid shadow shifts
Festive company events who doesn't like a party?
Ongoing support from our care management team whom are always at hand, even if it's just for a chat.
Most importantly at Windrush Care _

What we say, we do.

That is our promise to you.

If you or anyone you know is interested in working for a genuinely caring and supportive company, which encourages, supports and develops its staff, then please contact us:

Phone - to speak to one of our friendly office team.

Job Type:
Part-time

Salary:
£12.10 per hour

Expected hours:
No less than 10 per week

Benefits: