Care Assistant – Harrogate, Ripon & Wetherby Areas – Carefound – £13.00 to £14.50 per hour plus paid travel time and paid mileage

Care Assistant – Harrogate, Ripon & Wetherby Areas

At Carefound Home Care, we’re rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

And we offer the best career in social care.

• Salary: £13.00 to £14.50 plus paid travel time
  and paid mileage at 45p per mile
• Contract: Permanent

We’re looking for
kind-hearted people to join us as a Professional Care Assistant in Harrogate
and surrounding areas.

To join us as a Community Care Assistant, you don’t need prior experience as
we’ll train you with all the skills you need.

You just need a full UK
driving licence and your own car, and to be keen to make a genuine
difference to our clients’ lives.
If you’re looking for a career that can be flexible around your lifestyle, has
guaranteed pay and involves changing peoples’ lives, then look no further than
working as a Professional Care Worker with Carefound Home Care. You’ll get the
best employment package including paid travel time, career progression and
support.

You’ll get the best employment package including paid travel time, career progression and support.

 

Our Care Assistant role offers the following benefits:

 

·       We have work in Wetherby, Harrogate, Ripon, and surrounding areas

·       Flexible or guaranteed hours contract whichever suits your lifestyle

·       High pay rate of £13.00 to £14.50 per hour

·       Double time on Bank holidays and other designated holiday days

·      
Paid mileage at the full allowance of 45p per mile

·       Pay enhancements to recognise qualifications and long-term commitment

·       Instant access to your pay instead of waiting for payday

·       Earn up to £500 for referring a friend

·       You’re employed by us giving you paid holidays and our pension scheme

·       Full in-house training with over £360 pay on completion

·       Support to complete further training including diploma qualifications

·       Career progression along our career path

·       24/7 local support from a care manager and wider team

·       Free employee assistance programme

·       Funded DBS check

·       Minimum 1 hour visits

 

As a care Assistant, you’ll build a relationship and routine with your clients to support them to live with well-being in their own homes.

 

You’ll need to be warm, patient, and compassionate with a positive ‘can do’ attitude. you’ll role may include:

 

·       Providing companionship

·       Supporting with personal care

·       Helping with mobility and staying active

·       Assisting with medication and specialist needs

·       Helping around the home with housekeeping and cooking

·       Running errands such as shopping or picking up prescriptions

·       You’ll need a smartphone to use our app

 

If you’d like to find out more about becoming a Care Assistant in the Wetherby area, apply today. We can’t wait to hear from you.

 

 

* It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from
working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act
2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at
risk.*
 

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

 

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Inés on 07974406593 or email Ines.Antunes@northyorks.gov.uk for further information. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

Together we can Make Care Matter. 

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