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Optimum Care Group

Community Care Worker | Holywood

Holywood
£13.20/hr
Posted 1 day ago
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Job:

Community Care Worker

Job:

Community Care Worker

Location:

Holywood

Hourly Rate:

£13.20

Block Pay:

Yes

Joining Bonus:

£150

Job Type:

Part-time 3 X Day Shifts

Role:

Permanent

Shifts:

Day

Annual Leave:

5.6 weeks Pro Rata

Your Benefits:

  • £150 Joining Bonus
  • Excellent Pay Rate - £13.20 per hour
  • Block Pay
  • Paid Training, Mileage & Induction
  • Highest Bank Holiday rates - up to £26.40ph
  • Market leading training
  • Permanent Contract
  • Free Uniform
  • Refer a Caring Friend Bonus
  • Daily support from the office team
  • Career Progression Opportunities
  • Company Pension

Job Opportunities

Are you looking for a rewarding role in care where your work is valued?

Join our Community Care team. We are recruiting for a part time position, 3 day shifts per week. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in you as a Carer as you are the backbone of our community services. We invest heavily in providing you with quality training and continuing support.

Why join us?

If you become a Community Care Worker for Optimum Care, here is what you get in return:

  • Excellent pay rates – £13.20 per hour (Block Pay)
  • £150 Joining Bonus (paid after 3 months in your role)
  • Highest Bank Holiday rates – up to £26.40 per hour
  • Eligible to apply for a Blue Light Discount Card
  • Market-leading training – our staff comment on how they feel most equipped to do their job after receiving our specialised training
  • Permanent contract with guaranteed hours (No zero-hour contracts)
  • No upfront cost for your Enhanced Access NI
  • Free uniform
  • Refer a Caring Friend scheme – £200 bonus
  • Quick turnaround for interview and induction
  • Career progression & further education opportunities
  • Daily support from the office team

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Assist with personal washing, showering, bathing/bed bathing, dressing/undressing.
  • Provide refreshments and light snacks.
  • Prompt and administer medication.
  • Assist with practical support such as light cleaning, fire lighting, and shopping, dish-washing, laundry, cleaning and maintaining spectacles, false teeth and hearing aids.
  • Assist client to move safely which may require the use of moving and handling aids such as hoists and slide sheets.
  • Provide a care sitting service to give respite to other carers such as family members.
  • Encourage and promote client independence and choice, and uphold client rights and dignity.

Do you meet the Essential Criteria?

  • Having a desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home
  • Full driving licence
  • Access to a car & car insurance in connection with business
  • Access to own mobile phone

Shift Patterns:

Day Shift: 7am – 6pm

to provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Please note: Applicants within the last 6 months need not re-apply.

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A satisfactory Enhanced AccessNI check will be required for this post The Optimum Care Group of companies, as per the Access NI Code of Practice, has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents along with the Access NI Code of Practice are available upon request by contacting the HR Department. If successful please be aware that we have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. Our Policy states that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to fully and accurately disclose all criminal convictions will lead to the withdrawal of the offer.


We are delighted you want to be part of our team!

Please fill in the application form below to apply now:

1. Personal Details

  • Name (Required)
  • Maiden Name (if applicable)
  • Home Phone Number
  • Mobile Number (Required)
  • Email (Required)
  • Address (Required)
  • Right to Work (Required)

I confirm that I have a right to work in the UK.

2. Additional Details

  • Your National Insurance Number (Required)
  • Are you registered with NMC or NISCC? (Required)
  • What is your NMC/NISCC number? (Required)
  • What is your NMC/NISCC certificate expiry date? (Required)
  • Do you have your own form of transport? (Required)
  • Driving Licence No.
  • Have you worked for an agency within the last 3 months? (Required)
  • Which agency or agencies did you work for? (Required)

3. Next of Kin

  • Name (Required)
  • Maiden Name (if applicable)
  • Address (Required)
  • Contact No. (Required)
  • Relationship to you (Required)
  • Consent (Required)

Please tick to confirm that the person named has given their consent to be contacted as your next of kin.

4. Convictions/Investigations

INVESTIGATIONS/REPORTS

  • Have you ever been the subject of an Adult or Child Abuse investigation or been previously referred to the Independent Safeguarding Authority/DBS as a result of misconduct involving a child or a vulnerable adult? (Required)
  • If yes, provide full details below: (Required)
  • Have you ever been reported to NMC/NISCC? (Required)
  • If yes, provide full details below: (Required)

CONVICTIONS/OFFENCES

Due to the services provided the majority of posts within the Company are governed by the Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order NI 1979. Disclosure of offences will not automatically debar you from applying for the post.

  • Do you have any convictions that are not “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, as amended in 2014? (Required)
  • If yes, provide full details below: (Required)

All disclosures will be reviewed for compatibility with the post.

5. Employment

Our governing body, RQIA requires all applicants to provide a full employment history. Please detail your employment history from when you left school to present.

Please also include periods of time when you were not in paid employment, caring for relatives, time spent in education/training, travelling or volunteering at home or abroad.

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Current/Most Recent Employer

  • Job Title
  • Employer (name & address)
  • Start Date (dd/mm/yy)
  • End Date (dd/mm/yy)
  • Hourly Rate/Salary
  • Reason for leaving

Previous Employers (please list all since leaving school starting with most recent)

  • Job Title
  • Employer (name & address)
  • Start Date (dd/mm/yy)
  • End Date (dd/mm/yy)
  • Hourly Rate/Salary
  • Reason for leaving

Please click on the + button to add more employers.

  • Do you need to add anymore employers to your employment history? (Required)
  • Please complete a paper application form with your remaining previous employers.

Break in Employment

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  • Date from (Required)
  • Date to (Required)
  • Please provide details for this break in employment: (Required)
  • Do you need to provide any further details of period you were not working? (Required)
  • Please provide further details of dates and reasons for further periods of not working: (Required)

6. Criteria

Please provide any other information which may be relevant to this application, detailing how you meet each of the criteria:

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7. References

Please complete the details of two reference which must include your present/most recent employer.

Relatives cannot be named as referees. Character references can be sought from a GP, religious official or friend who is not a relative.

We will only seek references after an offer of employment is accepted. We may seek references from your previous employers if one from your current/most recent employer is unobtainable. Please note we are required to obtain a reference from all previous employments within Health & Social Care. Please complete reference details in full.

Please tick the box to allow us to complete and receive references for you:

Reference 1 (Most Recent Employer)

  • Name of Reference 1 (Most Recent Employer) (Required)
  • Company Name
  • Address (inc. postcode) (Required)
  • Telephone Number (Required)
  • Email address (Required)
  • Capacity Known (Required)
  • How does this person know you?
  • Employed From (Required)
  • Employed To (Required)

Reference 2 (Character/Employer)

  • Is this a character or employer reference? (Required)
  • Name of Reference 2 (Employer/Character) (Required)
  • Company Name
  • Address (inc. postcode) (Required)
  • Telephone Number (Required)
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  • How does this person know you?
  • Employed From (Required)
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Consent (Required)

Please tick the box to allow us to complete and receive references for yourself.

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I confirm I understand and accept offers of employment and subsequent appointment will be subject to the outlined declaration.

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Skills

Personal Care
Medication Administration
Light Cleaning
Shopping Assistance
Laundry
Client Independence
Communication
Empathy
Time Management
Problem Solving
Teamwork
Driving
Mobile Phone Usage
Client Rights
Dignity Upholding

Location

Holywood, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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