Abbots Care
Community Care Assistant
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About Abbots Care
Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary care company with a CQC rating of outstanding. Our community-based support care workers provide care to our service users within their own homes to help them remain as independent as possible.
We are a small family-run sister branch of one of the leading care providers in the UK. We pride ourselves on offering a unique and person-centred service tailored precisely to each of our service user's needs.
About the Role
Abbots Care are seeking kind and compassionate members of our local community to join our expanding team in Dorset and surrounding areas, such as Ferndown and Wimborne and surrounding areas.
Due to the nature of the role and being community based in and around Dorset you will need to have a full driving license and access to your own vehicle, as well the right to work in the UK.
Responsibilities
The Role of a community care assistant includes:
- Providing personal care including administering of medication
- Supporting our clients with social activities
- Assisting with meal preparation
- Supporting with domestic tasks within their homes
- Offering ongoing companionship to our clients
- Supporting your clients with their hobbies and social interests.
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What We Offer
What Abbots Care Dorset can offer you:
- Hourly rate of £13.35 with guaranteed hours
- Fantastic rates of pay with paid mileage of 45 pence (Highest in the area)
- Flexible hours and working patterns
- Full and part time hours available between 7am - 10pm
- Guaranteed hours whether we give you care calls or not
- Full In-house paid training and DBS
- Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores
- Paid ongoing development and Diplomas
- Access to our brand-new Care Worker Wellbeing App and Rewards.
Why Join Us?
There are so many reasons to join our team, but these are our top five:
- Feeling of reward: There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.
- Flexibility: We understand the importance of having a work life balance.
- Variety: No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.
- Real qualifications: Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us.
- Our perks: There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an open-door policy in our branches.
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Our Commitment to Employees
Our employees mental health is important to us and with the launch of our new wellbeing app gives us an opportunity to connect with our care workers and discuss any issues they may have been experiencing.
We also offer flexibility within our roles to cater to each employee's needs, whether that be to work around family time or other commitments. Employees have the option of contracts up to 40hrs depending on their availability.
If you are interested in joining our small friendly team but have no experience in the homecare industry, your application is still valued as we offer fully paid in-house training to all.
How to Apply
For further information on this vacancy please call our recruitment team on 01727891004
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