Care Assistant - St Albans
Care Assistant - St Albans
St Albans & Hertsmere
Posted 06/06/2024
Job description
Providing Quality Care
Bluebird Care St Albans started as a small family business in 2010. We are proud to be one of the leading providers in St Albans and Hertsmere. We teach all our staff to have a "how can we help" Ethos, and for that reason we are rated OUTSTANDING for caring.
We’re committed to keeping people in the comfort of their own home, so we help with anything from everyday tasks around our customers’ homes through to complex care needs. We appreciate that every customer is different, and this is why every day will be different.
- Are you looking for a new challenge?
- Do you want to work for a company that really cares for those that care.
- Do you live near St Albans and the surrounding areas?
- No experience needed. Our superb team will make sure you are prepared and ready to support our customers (who are like family)
- You will need to be a driver
- We pay £13.00/Hour during the day and £13.50/Hour on the evenings and weekend
How can you make a difference?
- Providing personal care duties
- Administering medication
- Manual handling, using equipment where required
- Promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full
Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role
It’s isn’t about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.
But don’t panic, we’ll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers so it’s important that you feel equipped for the role.
You must have:
- Full and valid UK driving licence
- Access to a car
- Right to work in the UK
- Excellent level of English
Because We Care About You
We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. You can choose between full-time or part-time work; all you have to do is simply tell us your availability. Although we try to be flexible where we can, we do require you to be flexible with us too.
We can’t care for our customers if we don’t take care of our team so to make this possible, we offer:
- An excellent rate of upto £13.50/Hour
- 37p mileage allowance
- 28 days holiday pro rata
- Full training induction and a 12-week mentor
- WPA healthcare vouchers (Help with prescription/dental /Optical costs)
- Free Mobile phone with unlimited minutes
- Ongoing training and support
- Flexible working
- Pension scheme
- Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
- Free uniform
But not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, whether it's your birthday, Christmas, awards or simply because it’s a Thursday. We’re a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow and every other day after that.