Care Assistant - Durham City
Guaranteed Hours Contracts Available
Since 2012, we’ve supported adults and children of all ages to maintain their independence and stay in the place they know and love. Because, life is better at home.
We’re looking for people who are passionate about care, and who want to help others to join our amazing teams. We don’t require you to have any previous social care experience, what we do need from you is to have the Right to Work in the UK, as we are NOT able to offer visas.
If you’re looking for a job that can be flexible around your lifestyle there are a variety of shift patterns available to work in mornings, afternoons, evenings or weekends, we offer shifts of 7am - 3pm or 3pm - 10pm and do require alternate weekend availability.
At Perfect Care, we can offer the following benefits
- Paid mileage of 30p per mile between calls
- £13 per hour
- Early Pay App – request up to 50% of your pay in advance of pay day
- Earn up to £300 for referring a friend
- Our care assistants are directly employed by us giving you access to holiday entitlement and our pension scheme
- Support to complete nationally recognised qualifications including your Care Certificate and NVQs. Your career development is important to us if you want to progress, we can help!
- Blue Light Card – national discount card for hundreds of retailers
- Annual pay reviews based on cost of living
Being a Domiciliary Care Assistant means you need to be adaptable, kind-hearted and put others first. Your role may include:
- Providing companionship
- Support with personal care such as showering, bathing and toileting
- Helping with mobility around the home
- Overseeing medication and providing medical support
- Helping around the house with cleaning, cooking and tidying
- Running errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: £13.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have a working vehicle?
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Location:
- Durham DH1 (preferred)
Work Location: On the road