Care Assistant - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom - Ashley Care

Description

Salary:

£12.00-£12.60


Milage:
45p per mile


Contract:

Full time


Areas:

This role covers Southend


Pay breakdown and shift patterns:

• Daytime shifts 7am3pm, evening shifts 3pm10pm.
• Care Assistant £12.00 day, £12.20 evening, £12.40 weekend day, £12.60 weekend evening
• We work our shift patterns around your availability

Benefits:

-
45p per mile paid for your travel between calls.

• Genuine
  career progression opportunities via our career pathway.
• Free
  NVQ enrolment or Care Certificate.
• 28 days paid holiday (accrued).

-
£150 refer a friend scheme.

• Weekly payroll.

About us:

Ashley Care has led from the front in the care sector since 1987, and in homecare specifically since 2003. We are a family-run company with a strong family ethos. We offer flexible working hours to fit around our staff and their families.

Unlike many home care providers, we operate a weekly payroll, so you are renumerated quicker for the work you do.

Delivering care throughout the Southend Borough allows us to create small, focused areas of care needs, meaning less travel time and greater efficiency for staff working out in the community.

Whether you are new to social care or an experienced professional, we have training programs to support your ongoing professional development.

About the role:

On a day to day basis your duties could include assisting with personal hygiene, preparing meals, household chores and administering medication.

About you:

We are hiring those who are caring, kind, and committed to improving the life of vulnerable people, no matter your experience.

Here is how we support all of our new starters:

• Free
  online training

:

• Free
  classroom training sessions with our Head of Training and Development.
• Continued
  shadowing and
  mentoring by one of our Supervisors.
• Close working relationship with your supervisor and manager if you need support.

Our "I CARE" values:

We hold our own "I CARE" values. We are committed to values based recruitment and ensure our team share our workplace values.


Inclusive:

We are committed to providing an inclusive service for those we care for and those in our team, and we understand and respect that people have different needs.

We celebrate diversity and tackle discrimination to create a safe and inclusive environment, which supports human rights, equality, and empowerment.

Collaboration:

We are committed to quality kind and compassionate care, and give those we care for our full attention and support.

We value collaboration and working as a team.

We display empathy to those we care for and others on our team, and use self-awareness to recognise the impact of our behaviours.

Accountability:

By listening, respecting, and communicating effectively, we are able to build two way relationships with those we work with and care for that are based on trust.

We do the right thing and act with credibility, accountability and professionalism.


Respect:

We act with compassion, honesty, and respect people's right to choose how they would like to live and be cared for.

We treat people with respect and dignity regardless of their culture, religion, race, age, or disability.

We recognise and appreciate the contribution of our team, and communicate with those we care for in a polite, clear, and open way.

Effective:

We are committed to delivering high-quality care which means continuously learning and improving our service.

We gather and share feedback to identify ways we can improve to better meet the needs of our team and service users.

We support and mentor others to enable them to learn new skills.

We are willing to embrace new ways of working and new technology, to improve our services and add value to the care we provide.

If you are looking for your next care job in Southend, or are interested in starting a rewarding career in the care sector then send a copy of your CV and one of our team will be in contact.

Job Types:

Full-time, Part-time


Pay:
£12.00-£12.60 per hour


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location:
In person